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Published in 1999. Despite considerable comment about divorce
reform and the post-divorce family, in the press and in academia,
by professionals and politicians, much has been left unsaid. There
are 'undercurrents' of divorce which are not visible and are not
discussed because they do not fit into the dominant discursive
framework for talk about divorce. This book brings these
undercurrents to the surface and does two things. It explains how
and why aspects of divorce and the lives of those divorcing, have
become marginalized in professional and political discussion and it
makes visible the practical and legal effects of such exclusion. It
argues that there are good policy reasons for this particular
socio-legal critique at this time, as the implementation of the
Family Law Act 1996 gets underway.
This volume brilliantly advances our understanding of the use of
narrative in the social sciences. It brings together contemporary
work on narrative theory and methods and presents a fascinating
range of case-studies, from Princess Diana's Panorama interview to
the memoirs of the wives of US nuclear scientists.
Published in 1999. Despite considerable comment about divorce
reform and the post-divorce family, in the press and in academia,
by professionals and politicians, much has been left unsaid. There
are 'undercurrents' of divorce which are not visible and are not
discussed because they do not fit into the dominant discursive
framework for talk about divorce. This book brings these
undercurrents to the surface and does two things. It explains how
and why aspects of divorce and the lives of those divorcing, have
become marginalized in professional and political discussion and it
makes visible the practical and legal effects of such exclusion. It
argues that there are good policy reasons for this particular
socio-legal critique at this time, as the implementation of the
Family Law Act 1996 gets underway.
'...for us, the main attractions when reading Lines of Narrative were the range of topics covered and the inclusive approach to theorizing. Albeit, this is not a book for the faint-hearted; if the reader is willing to engage on a variety of levels then it has a great deal to offer in terms of illuminating and opeing up an expansive appreciation of the 'narrative turn'. - Feminism and Psychology, Christine Horrocks and Nancy Kelly.
Several jurisdictions have attempted to render divorce more
harmonious by abolishing matrimonial 'fault' and facilitating the
resolution of divorce disputes by mediation. In Britain, these
provisions appear in the Family Law Act 1996. The book presents a
challenge to the underlying assumptions that conflict and the
adversarial system are undesirable. Its focus is on adults'
experiences of divorce. In a series of interviews, divorcing people
told their own stories of divorce. The personal narratives revealed
that divorce can be emotionally traumatic, but it has positive
sides too. The emotions of divorce are not pathological , but are
readily explicable as ordinary human coping strategies , in the
context of the real material privations that many divorcing people
suffer. These coping strategies often involve conflict and
acrimony. From a psychodynamic perspective, it is argued that these
are integral, and psychologically necessary, aspects of the divorce
process. This book is particularly topical in the light of the
recent decision of the British Government to postpone the
implementation of the Family Law Act 1996 and the acknowledged need
for research to inform policy.
Several jurisdictions have attempted to render divorce more
harmonious by abolishing matrimonial 'fault' and facilitating the
resolution of divorce disputes by mediation. In Britain, these
provisions appear in the Family Law Act 1996. The book presents a
challenge to the underlying assumptions that conflict and the
adversarial system are undesirable. Its focus is on adults'
experiences of divorce. In a series of interviews, divorcing people
told their own stories of divorce. The personal narratives revealed
that divorce can be emotionally traumatic, but it has positive
sides too. The emotions of divorce are not pathological , but are
readily explicable as ordinary human coping strategies , in the
context of the real material privations that many divorcing people
suffer. These coping strategies often involve conflict and
acrimony. From a psychodynamic perspective, it is argued that these
are integral, and psychologically necessary, aspects of the divorce
process. This book is particularly topical in the light of the
recent decision of the British Government to postpone the
implementation of the Family Law Act 1996 and the acknowledged need
for research to inform policy.
Family Studies is a key area of policy, professional and personal
debate. Perhaps precisely because of this, teaching texts have
struggled with how to approach this area, which is both 'familiar'
and also contentious and value laden. This innovative and
reflective book deals with such dilemmas head-on, through its focus
on family meanings in diverse contexts in order to enhance our
understanding of everyday social lives and professional practices.
Drawing on extracts and research by leading authors in the field of
family studies, Understanding Family Meanings provides the reader
with an overview of the basic concepts and theories related to
families using readings with questions and analysis to encourage
reflection and learning. Published in association with The Open
University, the book centralises the question what is 'family' and
focuses on family meanings as the key underpinnings for academic
study and professional training. It explores the shifting and
subtle ways in which individuals, researchers, policy-makers and
professionals make sense of the idea of 'family' and in doing so
considers issues of power, inequality and values which are integral
to any understanding of family meanings. Audio discussions with
leading authorities in the field are also available online to
enhance the content and key concepts of the book. It therefore
provides an excellent foundation for any module in family studies,
as well as all professional training modules that include attention
to families and close relationships, and for further learning in
the area of families and relationships.
This unique collection provides a psychosocial approach to emotion,
exploring the emotional undercurrents of everyday phenomena as
diverse as war reporting, advertising, education, criminality,
public policy and motherhood, and including contributors from
sociology, psychology, cultural and media studies, and
psychoanalytical studies.
Family Studies is a key area of policy, professional and personal
debate. Perhaps precisely because of this, teaching texts have
struggled with how to approach this area, which is both 'familiar'
and also contentious and value laden. This innovative and
reflective book deals with such dilemmas head-on, through its focus
on family meanings in diverse contexts in order to enhance our
understanding of everyday social lives and professional practices.
Drawing on extracts and research by leading authors in the field of
family studies, Understanding Family Meanings provides the reader
with an overview of the basic concepts and theories related to
families using readings with questions and analysis to encourage
reflection and learning. Published in association with The Open
University, the book centralises the question what is 'family' and
focuses on family meanings as the key underpinnings for academic
study and professional training. It explores the shifting and
subtle ways in which individuals, researchers, policy-makers and
professionals make sense of the idea of 'family' and in doing so
considers issues of power, inequality and values which are integral
to any understanding of family meanings. Audio discussions with
leading authorities in the field are also available online to
enhance the content and key concepts of the book. It therefore
provides an excellent foundation for any module in family studies,
as well as all professional training modules that include attention
to families and close relationships, and for further learning in
the area of families and relationships.
These essays explore the nature and limits of individual autonomy
in law, policy and the work of regulatory agencies. Authors ask
searching questions about the nature and scope of the regulation of
'private' lives, from intimacies, personal relationships and
domestic lives to reproduction. They question the extent to which
the law does, or should, protect individual autonomy. Recent rapid
advances in the development of new technologies - particularly
those concerned with human genetics and assisted reproduction -
have generated new questions (practical, social, legal and ethical)
about how far the state should intervene in individual decision
making. Is there an inevitable tension between individual liberty
and the common good? How might a workable balance between the
public and the private be struck? How, indeed, should we think
about 'autonomy'? The essays explore the arguments used to create
and maintain the boundaries of autonomy - for example, the
protection of the vulnerable, public goods of various kinds, and
the maintenance of tradition and respect for cultural practices.
Contributors address how those boundaries should be drawn and
interventions justified. How are contemporary ethical debates about
autonomy constructed, and what principles do they embody? What
happens when those principles become manifest in law?
This book is a multi-disciplinary collection of essays from leading
researchers and practitioners, exploring legal, ethical, social,
psychological and practical aspects of surrogate motherhood in
Britain and abroad. It highlights the common themes that
characterise debates across countries as well as exploring the many
differences in policies and practices. Surrogacy raises questions
for medical and welfare practitioners and dilemmas for policy
makers as well as ethical issues of concern to society as a whole.
The international perspective adopted by this book offers an
opportunity for questions of law, policy and practice to be shared
and debated across countries. The book links contemporary views
from research and practice with broader social issues and
bio-ethical debates. The book will be of interest to an
international audience of academics and their students (in law,
social policy, reproductive medicine, psychology and sociology),
practitioners (including doctors, counsellors, midwives and welfare
professionals) as well as those involved in policy-making and
implementation.
This collection of essays is the product of a series of seminars
held at the University of Cambridge in 1998 under the auspices of
the newly formed Cambridge Socio-Legal Group. The book presents an
interdisciplinary exploration of the nature of parenthood and its
various manifestations in contemporary society. It is divided into
three sections dealing respectively with defining parenthood,new
issues in contemporary parenting and parenting post-divorce. Each
contributor addresses the central question 'What is a Parent?' from
the perspective of his or her own discipline, thus bringing
together ideas about parents derived from law, sociology,
psychology, biology and criminology. Despite the familiar and
apparently obvious answer to this question the notion of 'parent'
emerges from the analysis as a contested concept. Definitions are
various and fluid, parenting practices are by no means fixed, and
ideologies which frame who parents are and what they do are subject
to disruptions from several quarters. In short, the essays in this
book show the ways in which 'parent' like 'child' is a term with a
shifting meaning and 'parenthood' refers to a fluid set of social
practices which are historically and culturally situated.
Contributors: Andrew Bainham, Carol Brayne, Stuart Bridge, Rachel
Cook, Shelley Day Sclater, Margaret Ely, Loraine Gelsthorpe, Susan
Golombok, Jack Goody, Jonathan Herring, Felicia Huppert, Allison
James, Martin Johnson, Bridget Lindley, Mavis Maclean, Juliet
Mitchell, Ros Pickford, Martin Richards, Wendy Solomou, Candida
Yates.
This book,the second produced by the Cambridge Socio-Legal Group,
is a collection of essays on the subject of law and the human body.
As the title suggests, bodies and body parts are not only subject
to regulation through formal legal processes, but also the meanings
attached to particular bodies, and the significance accorded to
some body parts, are aspects of broader cultural processes. In
short, bodies are subjected to both lore and laws. The
contributors, all leading academics in the fields of Law,
Sociology, Psychology, Feminism, Criminology, Biology and Genetics,
respectively, offer a range of interdisciplinary papers that
critically examine how bodies are constructed and regulated in law.
The book is divided into two parts. Part one is concerned with
'Making Bodies' and includes papers relating to transactions in
human gametes, cloning, court-ordered caesarean sections, testing
for genetic risk, the patenting of human genes and the social
policy implications of the growth in genetic information. Part two
is concerned with 'Using and Abusing Bodies'. It contains chapters
relating to sexualities, sexual orientation and the law, sex
workers and their clients, domestic homicide, religious and
cultural practices and other issues involving children's bodies,
the ownership of the body and body parts and the legal and ethical
issues surrounding euthanasia.
This book,the second produced by the Cambridge Socio-Legal Group,
is a collection of essays on the subject of law and the human body.
As the title suggests, bodies and body parts are not only subject
to regulation through formal legal processes, but also the meanings
attached to particular bodies, and the significance accorded to
some body parts, are aspects of broader cultural processes. In
short, bodies are subjected to both lore and laws. The
contributors, all leading academics in the fields of Law,
Sociology, Psychology, Feminism, Criminology, Biology and Genetics,
respectively, offer a range of interdisciplinary papers that
critically examine how bodies are constructed and regulated in law.
The book is divided into two parts. Part one is concerned with
'Making Bodies' and includes papers relating to transactions in
human gametes, cloning, court-ordered caesarean sections, testing
for genetic risk, the patenting of human genes and the social
policy implications of the growth in genetic information. Part two
is concerned with 'Using and Abusing Bodies'. It contains chapters
relating to sexualities, sexual orientation and the law, sex
workers and their clients, domestic homicide, religious and
cultural practices and other issues involving children's bodies,
the ownership of the body and body parts and the legal and ethical
issues surrounding euthanasia.
This collection of essays is the product of a series of seminars
held at the University of Cambridge in 1998 under the auspices of
the newly formed Cambridge Socio-Legal Group. The book presents an
interdisciplinary exploration of the nature of parenthood and its
various manifestations in contemporary society. It is divided into
three sections dealing respectively with defining parenthood,new
issues in contemporary parenting and parenting post-divorce. Each
contributor addresses the central question 'What is a Parent?' from
the perspective of his or her own discipline, thus bringing
together ideas about parents derived from law, sociology,
psychology, biology and criminology. Despite the familiar and
apparently obvious answer to this question the notion of 'parent'
emerges from the analysis as a contested concept. Definitions are
various and fluid, parenting practices are by no means fixed, and
ideologies which frame who parents are and what they do are subject
to disruptions from several quarters. In short, the essays in this
book show the ways in which 'parent' like 'child' is a term with a
shifting meaning and 'parenthood' refers to a fluid set of social
practices which are historically and culturally situated.
Contributors: Andrew Bainham, Carol Brayne, Stuart Bridge, Rachel
Cook, Shelley Day Sclater, Margaret Ely, Loraine Gelsthorpe, Susan
Golombok, Jack Goody, Jonathan Herring, Felicia Huppert, Allison
James, Martin Johnson, Bridget Lindley, Mavis Maclean, Juliet
Mitchell, Ros Pickford, Martin Richards, Wendy Solomou, Candida
Yates.
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