This is not a traditional book about the family. In a very essential way, it is a book about being a woman in relation to the current form of the family under capitalism in North America. The authors are three women whose interest in the family stems out of their own unique and varied experiences. The text is comprised of three autoethnographies that look at the family from radically distinct perspectives. Each section is rooted in the author's own personal and professional life experience. The book explores multi-cultural family therapy, living inside a divorcing family, the role of child protective services, issues of class and race in a family's identity, how media and pop psychology shape our view of the family, and what it is to be female in a patriarchal family system. All three women are currently working with young people in various capacities. Each section offers new ways to work together with young people to reshape the family so that it better serves those who live within it.
Cover photo by Zakk Malecha
By:
Kathleen Skott-Myhre, Korinne Weima, Helen Gibbs Imprint: Sense Publishers Volume: 80 Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 19mm
Weight: 626g ISBN:9789460917486 ISBN 10: 9460917488 Series:Transgressions: Cultural Studies and Education Pages: 314 Publication Date:01 January 2012 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
