In a unique comparative ethnography of two family therapy programs, Gubrium deftly shows how differing organizational perceptions make visible the social construction of domestic disorder. Contrasting images of home life–one viewing domestic order as a system of authority, the other as a configuration of emotional bonds–serve to highlight different senses of the family as being out of control and to recommend alternate forms of intervention. The idea that the reality of home life and domestic troubles are embedded in organizational activities and institutional images is an important commentary on the understanding of domestic life and the postmodern family. Out of Control provides stimulating reading for professionals and students in clinical psychology, family therapy, family studies, sociology, and qualitative methods.
Table des matières
PART ONE: THEMES AND SETTINGS
The Troubled Home
The Settings
PART TWO: WESTSIDE HOUSE
Discerning Domestic Authority
Constructing the System
Restoring Hierarchy
PART THREE: FAIRVIEW HOSPITAL
Domestic Sentiments and Control
The Rationalization of Feelings
Facilitating Expression
PART FOUR: THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF DOMESTIC DISORDER
Voice and Method
Language and Domestic Reality
A propos de l’auteur
Jaber F. Gubrium is professor and chair of sociology at the University of Missouri. He has an extensive record of research on the social organization of care in human service institutions. His publications include numerous books and articles on aging, family, the life course, medicalization, and representational practice in therapeutic context.
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