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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480887603321

Autore

Floyd Kory

Titolo

Widening the family circle : new research on family communication / / [editors] Kory Floyd, Mark T. Morman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Los Angeles : , : SAGE, , [2014]

?2014

ISBN

1-336-28104-9

1-4833-1254-2

1-4833-8795-X

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Disciplina

306.87

Soggetti

Communication in families

Interpersonal communication

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""WIDENING THE FAMILY CIRCLE COVER ""; ""WIDENING THE FAMILY CIRCLE""; ""BRIEF CONTENTS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""INTRODUCTION: ON THE BREADTH OF THE FAMILY EXPERIENCE""; ""ABOUT THE EDITORS""; ""ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS""; ""CHAPTER 1: LOOKING BACK AND MOVING FORWARD: TOWARD AN UNDERSTANDING OF MOTHER-DAUGHTER AND MOTHER-SON RELATIONSHIPS""; ""CHAPTER 2: ADULT SIBLING RELATIONSHIPS""; ""CHAPTER 3: COMMUNICATION IN GRANDPARENT-GRANDCHILD RELATIONSHIPS""; ""CHAPTER 4: THE OTHER WOMEN IN FAMILY LIFE: RECOGNIZING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF AUNT/NIECE/NEPHEW COMMUNICATION""

""CHAPTER 5: FAMILY COMMUNICATION AMONG UNCLES AND NEPHEWS""""CHAPTER 6: RELATIONSHIPS WITH PARENTS-IN-LAW""; ""CHAPTER 7: SIBLINGS-IN-LAW, UNWIDENED""; ""CHAPTER 8: FATHERING, CAREGIVING, AND MASCULINITY: STAY-AT-HOME FATHERS AND FAMILY COMMUNICATION""; ""CHAPTER 9: LESBIAN AND GAY FAMILIES""; ""CHAPTER 10: WIDENING THE UNDERSTANDING OF POST-DIVORCE FAMILIES""; ""CHAPTER 11: NO LONGER UNDERSTUDIED BUT STILL MISUNDERSTOOD: EXPANDING COMMUNICATION RESEARCH ON



STEP FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS""; ""CHAPTER 12: CREATED THROUGH LAW AND LANGUAGE: COMMUNICATIVE COMPLEXITIES OF ADOPTIVE FAMILIES""

""REFERENCES""""INDEX""

Sommario/riassunto

This volume addresses historically under-studied family relationships, such as those involving grandparents, in-laws, cousins, stepfamilies, and adoptive parents. The editors bring together a diverse collection of empirical studies, theoretical essays, and critical reviews of literature on communication to constitute a stronger, more complete understanding of communication within the family.