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100 1  Ribbens McCarthy, Jane.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       names/n94037759 
245 10 Understanding family meanings :|ba reflective text /|cJane
       Ribbens McCarthy, Megan Doolittle and Shelley Day Sclater.
264  1 Bristol :|bPolicy Press in association with the Open 
       University,|c2012. 
300    1 online resource (295 pages) :|billustrations 
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500    Originally published: Open University, 2008. 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  Understanding family meanings -- Contents -- Chapter 1. 
       Why family meanings? -- 1 Introducing �family 
       meanings� -- 1.1 Core questions -- 1.2 Exploring values 
       and assumptions -- 1.3 Structures of power and 
       inequalities -- 2 Can we, and should we, define what 
       wemean by �family�? -- 2.1 Attempting definitions -- 
       2.2 Responding to the problems -- 2.3 What�s so 
       difficult? -- 2.4 The slippery language of �family� --
       3 So what is �family�? -- 4 What�s next? -- 
       Introduction to Part 1 -- Part 1. Research 
505 8  Chapter 2. Family meanings in contemporary contexts1 
       Introduction -- 2 Do family meanings matter? -- 2.1 Family
       meanings matter to people in their individual lives and 
       relationships -- 2.2 Family meanings matter in social 
       policies and professional practices -- 2.3 Family meanings
       matter in family studies -- 3 What do social scientists 
       mean by �meanings�? -- 3.1 Meanings in social lives --
       3.2 Evaluating meanings? -- 3.3 Two meanings of 
       �meaning� -- 3.4 Meanings in context -- 4 Everyday 
       family meanings -- 5 Overarching themes of family meanings
505 8  6 Layers of meanings in variable settings7 Conclusions -- 
       Chapter 3. Teasing threads apart -- 1 Introduction -- 2 
       Exploring qualitative research -- 2.1 Introducing the 
       studies -- 2.2 Reading critically -- 2.3 Framing questions
       -- 3 Teasing threads apart -- 4 Ideals and daily 
       experiences � living up to �family� -- 5 Conclusions
       -- Chapter 4. Understanding �family� and household 
       through quantitative evidence -- 1 Introduction -- 2 
       Categories, boundaries and counting families -- 2.1 
       Strengths and weaknesses of quantitative research 
505 8  2.2 Geographical boundaries2.3 Families and categories -- 
       3 The census and the household -- 4 Reading and 
       interpreting quantitative data -- 4.1 Reading statistics 
       with a critical eye -- 4.2 Trends and time frames -- 5 
       Beyond the official statistics: other quantitative 
       research about families -- 6 Comparing households and 
       families -- 7 Conclusions -- Part 2: Theories and concepts
       -- Introduction to Part 2 -- Chapter 5. Family discourses 
       and family practices -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Discourses of 
       family -- 2.1 What is discourse? 
505 8  2.2 Family discourse and social power2.3 Competing 
       discourses -- 2.4 Discourse, power, negotiation and the 
       patterning of meaning -- 3 Family practices -- 3.1 Why 
       family practices? -- 3.2 Families are what families do: 
       the example of family leisure -- 4 Conclusions -- Chapter 
       6. Intimacy and personal life -- 1 Introduction -- 2 From 
       �family� to �intimacy� and �personal life� -- 
       3 Intimacies -- 3.1 Alternative views of the 
       �transformation of intimacy� -- 3.2 Diverse intimacies
       -- 4 Personal life -- 5 Conclusions -- Part 3: Contexts 
520    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. 
588 0  Print version record. 
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655  4 Electronic books. 
700 1  Doolittle, Megan.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/
       no2007085138 
700 1  Sclater, Shelley Day.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       names/nb99002174 
710 2  Open University.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/
       n79032959 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aRibbens McCarthy, Jane.|tUnderstanding 
       family meanings : a reflective text.|dBristol : Policy 
       Press in association with the Open University, 2012|h287 
       pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.|z9781447301127 
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