Thinking Through Family: Narratives of Care Experienced Lives

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Janet Boddy (University of Sussex and Oslo Metropolitan University) Fidelma Hanrahan (Research in Practice)

Thinking Through Family

Narratives of Care Experienced Lives

Janet Boddy (University of Sussex and Oslo Metropolitan University), Fidelma Hanrahan (Research in Practice), Bella Wheeler (King’s College London)

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Bristol University Press
18 March 2025

Sociology; Sociology: family & relationships; Social work

Series: Sociology of Children and Families

Understanding what 'family' means - and how best to support families - depends on challenging politicised assumptions that frame 'ordinary' families in comparison to an imagined problematic 'other'.

Learning from the perspectives of people who were in care in childhood, this innovative book helps redefine the concept of family. Linking two longitudinal studies involving young adults in England, it reveals important new insights into the diverse and dynamic complexity of family lives, identities and practices in time - through childhood and beyond.

Paving the way for future policy and practice, this book makes an important contribution to the theorisation of family in the 21st century.

By: Janet Boddy (University of Sussex and Oslo Metropolitan University)
Other adaptation by: Fidelma Hanrahan (Research in Practice), Bella Wheeler (King’s College London)
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781529214727
ISBN 10: 1529214726
Series: Sociology of Children and Families
Pages: 196
Publication Date: 18 March 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Janet Boddy is Professor of Child, Youth and Family Studies at the University of Sussex and Adjunct Professor in the Childhood, Family and Welfare Division of NOVA at Oslo Metropolitan University. Fidelma Hanrahan is Senior Research Officer at Research in Practice. Bella Wheeler is Research Associate in the Methodologies Division in the Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care at King's College London.