Belonging and Belongings : Children's Sense of Home in Shared Custody Arrangements
| Belonging and Belongings : Children's Sense of Home in Shared Custody Arrangements |
| Autore | Merla Laura |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bristol : , : Bristol University Press, , 2025 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (219 pages) |
| Disciplina | 306.89 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | NobelsBérengère |
| Collana | Sociology of Children and Families Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Child welfare
Social psychology |
| ISBN | 1-5292-3660-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Belonging and Belongings: Children's Sense of Home in Shared Custody Arrangements -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Shared Custody and Sense of Home: The Child's Point of View -- Lewis -- Annelyse -- Cédric -- Shared physical custody: a growing phenomenon -- The relevance of studying shared physical custody in terms of children's sense of home -- Belgium: a key case study -- Introducing the children at the heart of our research -- Using participatory methods to hear children's voices -- The archipelago as a unifying theme in this book -- Notes -- 2 Parental Islands -- A typology of parental styles post-.separation -- Family functioning and conjugal interaction in nuclear families -- Post-.separation 'parental styles' -- Parental islands defined by differing boundaries -- The 'fortress' island -- The 'cocoon' island -- The 'reef' island -- The 'open' island -- The 'wild' island -- Parental islands within a structure of opportunities and constraints -- The material dimension -- The spatial dimension -- The familial dimension -- The temporal dimension -- Notes -- 3 The Journey Between Islands: Transitioning from One Dwelling to the Other -- Materiality in the daily lives of multilocal children -- Ordering a world in movement -- Ordering, distinguishing and anchoring by 'parking' objects in each dwelling -- Ordering through practices of differentiation -- Distinguishing in a spirit of fairness -- Ordering by creating similarity between dwellings -- Taking 'nothing' along -- Creating permanence and continuity in movement with objects 'in transit' -- 'Shadow' objects as supports for anchoring -- 'Shadow' objects as supports for identity and singularity -- 'Shadow' objects as means of reassurance -- 'Shadow' objects as means of liberation.
Objects 'on stand-.by' as supports for anchoring -- A combination of 'shadow' and 'parked' objects -- A variable pace of object transfers -- The ambivalence of the transition channel -- Coping with 'parental islands' -- Practices developing within a structure of opportunities and constraints -- Travelling between islands through particular space-times -- Public transitional space-times -- The school -- Public transport -- Extracurricular activities -- Familial transitional space-.time -- Interstitial space-.times -- Notes -- 4 Routines and Rituals of Return -- Family routines and rituals -- Routines of return: an ordinary arrival -- Rituals of return -- Integration rituals -- A convivial family moment -- An unsettling conviviality -- Anchoring rituals -- Returning to one's own 'little cocoon' -- Rediscovering one's personal world -- Rituals of (not) unpacking -- Not unpacking objects 'in transit' -- Unpacking objects 'in transit' -- Notes -- 5 Making Each Island 'One's Own Island': Defining and Negotiating One's Place -- Appropriating a space to give it personal meaning -- Marking one's space -- Surrounding oneself with personal belongings -- Arranging a space in one's own way -- Dividing the space into distinct zones -- Painting the walls -- Being free to arrange the furniture -- Coping with material limits on freedom -- Appropriative space -- Marking space through time -- Controlling space and time -- Controlling access to one's personal space -- The bedroom door: a physical and symbolic boundary -- Creating privacy in a shared bedroom -- Virtual boundaries -- Legitimacy of access to personal spaces -- A variable legitimacy of access -- Establishing one's own rules and order -- Defining and negotiating one's place in the family: the importance of 'colours' -- An island of many colours -- Monochrome and polychrome spaces. Exploring processes of inclusion through colour -- Colour as a means of exclusion -- A work of multiple hands -- A clash of colours -- Notes -- 6 Maintaining One's Place during Absence -- Keeping one's place symbolically -- Maintaining one's place 'by proxy' through materiality -- Maintaining one's place 'in thought' -- Keeping one's place virtually -- Maintaining a close relationship with the absent parent -- Maintaining close relationships with other 'new family' members -- Focus on the mobile phone -- 'My phone is really practical for me' -- 'My phone, it travels around with me' -- Notes -- 7 A 'Singular-.Plural' Sense of Home -- 'Archipelagos' comprising a 'personal and physical' home and a 'familial' home -- 'Archipelagos' comprising a 'personal' home and a 'familial and physical' home -- 'Archipelagos' comprising a 'personal, familial and physical' home and a 'familial' home -- 'Archipelagos' comprising a 'personal and familial' home and a 'personal' home -- An 'archipelago' comprising a 'personal, familial and physical' home and a 'non-.home' -- A 'singular-.plural' home as a vector of opportunities rather than fragmentation -- Notes -- Concluding Reflections -- A 'singular-plural' sense of home -- Multilocality, socialization and habitus formation -- Beyond the Belgian case -- Key lessons for practitioners -- Broadening the scope of analysis to include more family configurations, spaces and significant others -- References -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911001493003321 |
Merla Laura
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| Bristol : , : Bristol University Press, , 2025 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Belonging and Belongings : Children's Sense of Home in Shared Custody Arrangements
| Belonging and Belongings : Children's Sense of Home in Shared Custody Arrangements |
| Autore | Merla Laura |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bristol : , : Bristol University Press, , 2025 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (219 pages) |
| Disciplina | 306.89 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | NobelsBérengère |
| Collana | Sociology of Children and Families Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Child welfare
Social psychology |
| ISBN | 1-5292-3660-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Belonging and Belongings: Children's Sense of Home in Shared Custody Arrangements -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Shared Custody and Sense of Home: The Child's Point of View -- Lewis -- Annelyse -- Cédric -- Shared physical custody: a growing phenomenon -- The relevance of studying shared physical custody in terms of children's sense of home -- Belgium: a key case study -- Introducing the children at the heart of our research -- Using participatory methods to hear children's voices -- The archipelago as a unifying theme in this book -- Notes -- 2 Parental Islands -- A typology of parental styles post-.separation -- Family functioning and conjugal interaction in nuclear families -- Post-.separation 'parental styles' -- Parental islands defined by differing boundaries -- The 'fortress' island -- The 'cocoon' island -- The 'reef' island -- The 'open' island -- The 'wild' island -- Parental islands within a structure of opportunities and constraints -- The material dimension -- The spatial dimension -- The familial dimension -- The temporal dimension -- Notes -- 3 The Journey Between Islands: Transitioning from One Dwelling to the Other -- Materiality in the daily lives of multilocal children -- Ordering a world in movement -- Ordering, distinguishing and anchoring by 'parking' objects in each dwelling -- Ordering through practices of differentiation -- Distinguishing in a spirit of fairness -- Ordering by creating similarity between dwellings -- Taking 'nothing' along -- Creating permanence and continuity in movement with objects 'in transit' -- 'Shadow' objects as supports for anchoring -- 'Shadow' objects as supports for identity and singularity -- 'Shadow' objects as means of reassurance -- 'Shadow' objects as means of liberation.
Objects 'on stand-.by' as supports for anchoring -- A combination of 'shadow' and 'parked' objects -- A variable pace of object transfers -- The ambivalence of the transition channel -- Coping with 'parental islands' -- Practices developing within a structure of opportunities and constraints -- Travelling between islands through particular space-times -- Public transitional space-times -- The school -- Public transport -- Extracurricular activities -- Familial transitional space-.time -- Interstitial space-.times -- Notes -- 4 Routines and Rituals of Return -- Family routines and rituals -- Routines of return: an ordinary arrival -- Rituals of return -- Integration rituals -- A convivial family moment -- An unsettling conviviality -- Anchoring rituals -- Returning to one's own 'little cocoon' -- Rediscovering one's personal world -- Rituals of (not) unpacking -- Not unpacking objects 'in transit' -- Unpacking objects 'in transit' -- Notes -- 5 Making Each Island 'One's Own Island': Defining and Negotiating One's Place -- Appropriating a space to give it personal meaning -- Marking one's space -- Surrounding oneself with personal belongings -- Arranging a space in one's own way -- Dividing the space into distinct zones -- Painting the walls -- Being free to arrange the furniture -- Coping with material limits on freedom -- Appropriative space -- Marking space through time -- Controlling space and time -- Controlling access to one's personal space -- The bedroom door: a physical and symbolic boundary -- Creating privacy in a shared bedroom -- Virtual boundaries -- Legitimacy of access to personal spaces -- A variable legitimacy of access -- Establishing one's own rules and order -- Defining and negotiating one's place in the family: the importance of 'colours' -- An island of many colours -- Monochrome and polychrome spaces. Exploring processes of inclusion through colour -- Colour as a means of exclusion -- A work of multiple hands -- A clash of colours -- Notes -- 6 Maintaining One's Place during Absence -- Keeping one's place symbolically -- Maintaining one's place 'by proxy' through materiality -- Maintaining one's place 'in thought' -- Keeping one's place virtually -- Maintaining a close relationship with the absent parent -- Maintaining close relationships with other 'new family' members -- Focus on the mobile phone -- 'My phone is really practical for me' -- 'My phone, it travels around with me' -- Notes -- 7 A 'Singular-.Plural' Sense of Home -- 'Archipelagos' comprising a 'personal and physical' home and a 'familial' home -- 'Archipelagos' comprising a 'personal' home and a 'familial and physical' home -- 'Archipelagos' comprising a 'personal, familial and physical' home and a 'familial' home -- 'Archipelagos' comprising a 'personal and familial' home and a 'personal' home -- An 'archipelago' comprising a 'personal, familial and physical' home and a 'non-.home' -- A 'singular-.plural' home as a vector of opportunities rather than fragmentation -- Notes -- Concluding Reflections -- A 'singular-plural' sense of home -- Multilocality, socialization and habitus formation -- Beyond the Belgian case -- Key lessons for practitioners -- Broadening the scope of analysis to include more family configurations, spaces and significant others -- References -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996662861603316 |
Merla Laura
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| Bristol : , : Bristol University Press, , 2025 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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