Writing the family : women, auto-ethnography and family work /

Writing the family : women, auto-ethnography and family work /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Skott-Myhre, Kathleen, author.
Imprint:	Rotterdam ; Boston : Sense Publishers, c2012.
Description:	xxii, 292 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Transgressions: cultural studies and education ; v. 80 Transgressions (Rotterdam, Netherlands) ; v. 80.
Subject:	Families. Families -- Research. Women -- Family relationships. Ethnology -- Biographical methods. Child welfare. Child welfare. Ethnology -- Biographical methods. Families. Families -- Research. Women -- Family relationships.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8778395

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Other authors / contributors:	Weima, Korinne, author. Gibbs, Helen, 1974-, author.
ISBN:	9789460917486 (cased) 9460917488 (cased) 9789460917479 (pbk.) 946091747X (pbk.) 9789460917493 (e-book) 9460917496 (e-book)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-292).
Summary:	"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."--Publisher's website.

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Summary:	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. <br>Cover photo by Zakk Malecha
Physical Description:	xxii, 292 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-292).
ISBN:	9789460917486 9460917488 9789460917479 946091747X 9789460917493 9460917496