An Intimate Loneliness - Brossura

Riches, Gordon

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0335199720 ISBN 13: 9780335199723

Casa editrice: Open University Press, 2000

Riassunto

* What impact does a child's death have on family relationships?
* How might differences in the way mothers and fathers deal with bereavement contribute to increased marital tension?
* Why are bereaved siblings so deeply affected by the way their parents grieve?

An Intimate Loneliness explores how family members attempt to come to terms with the death of an offspring or brother or sister. Drawing on relevant research and the authors' own experience of working with bereaved parents and siblings, this book examines the importance of social relationships in helping parents and siblings adjust to their bereavement. The chances of making sense of this most distressing loss are influenced by the resilience of the family's surviving relationships, by the availability of wider support networks and by the cultural resources that inform each's perception of death. This book considers the impact of bereavement on self and family identity. In particular, it examines the role of shared remembering in transforming survivors' relationships with the deceased, and in helping rebuild their own identity with a significantly changed family structure. Problems considered include: the failure of intimate relationships, cultural and gender expectations, the invisibility of fathers' and siblings' grief, sudden and 'difficult' deaths, lack of information, and the sense of isolation felt by some family members.

This book will be of value to students on courses in counselling, health care, psychology, social policy, pastoral care and education. It will appeal to sociology students with an interest in death, dying and mortality. It is also aimed at professionally qualified counselling, health and social service workers, at informed voluntary group members, the clergy, teachers and others involved with pastoral care.

Su questo libro

L'autore

Gordon Riches is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Derby.

Pamela Dawson is Bereavement Services Coordinator for the London Borough of Bromley.

Contenuti

Series editor's preface
Introduction
an intimate loneliness
Order out of chaos
personal, social and cultural resources for making sense of loss
A bleak and lonely landscape
problems of adjustment for bereaved parents
What about me? Problems of adjustment for bereaved siblings
Connections and disconnections
ways family members deal with lost relationships
Difficult deaths and problems of adjustment
Things that help
supporting bereaved parents
Conclusion
professional support in a post-modern world
Appendix
shoestrings and bicolage
References
Index.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Open University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0335199720
• ISBN 13: 9780335199723
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 238
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile