Thinking Through Family Narratives of Care Experienced Lives : Narratives of Care Experienced Lives
by
Janet Boddy
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Sociology of Children and Families
ISBN-10
1529214726
ISBN-13
9781529214727
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Imprint
Bristol University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 18th, 2025
Print length
196 Pages
Weight
334 grams
Dimensions
15.60 x 23.40 x 1.60 cms
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Drawing from longitudinal research, this book shows how the perspectives of people who have been in care can help us redefine the concept of family. Through a narrative analysis of the complexity of family lives, the author challenges the idea that some families are 'ordinary', while others are troubled, problematic and 'other'.
Understanding what ‘family’ means – and how best to support families – depends on challenging politicized assumptions that frame ‘ordinary’ families in comparison to an imagined problematic ‘other’. Learning from the perspectives of people who were in care in childhood, this innovative book helps redefine the concept of family. Linking two longitudinal studies involving young adults in England, it reveals important new insights into the diverse and dynamic complexity of family lives, identities and practices in time – through childhood and beyond. Paving the way for future policy and practice, this book makes an important contribution to the theorization of family in the 21st century.
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