Reconfiguring Relations in the Empty Nest: Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay

Author:   Magdalena Żadkowska ,  Marta Skowrońska ,  Christophe Giraud ,  Filip Schmidt
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   2024 ed.
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9783031504020


Pages:   340
Publication Date:   21 February 2024
Format:   Hardback
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This edited volume traverses the spectrum of experiences that take place after children leave the family home and parents find themselves in the ""empty nest"" stage of life. Rather than focusing on measuring the intensity of empty nest syndrome or asking whether parents' marital satisfaction increases or decreases in this phase, the authors present rich qualitative data from across Poland and France to show that there is great variation in how families experience the empty nest, developing both a study on intimacy and love and on family solidarity. Throughout the book, themes of mixed emotions, nuanced attitudes, contradictions, and dissonance are explored while shedding light on ""supporting actors"" of the empty nest transition, such as family pets and material objects. 

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Author:   Magdalena Żadkowska ,  Marta Skowrońska ,  Christophe Giraud ,  Filip Schmidt
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   2024 ed.
Weight:   0.596kg
ISBN:  

9783031504020


ISBN 10:   303150402
Pages:   340
Publication Date:   21 February 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Introduction.- Part 1: Family in the Empty Nest.- 2: Mothering from Full Nest to Empty Nest.- 3: Fathering from Full Nest to Empty Nest.- 4: Adult Children's Bedrooms and Emptying the Nest: The Mechanisms of Transition.- 5: Visiting Parents: The Recomposing and Renegotiation of Family Roles and Responsibilities.- 6: The Come-Back to 'Full Nest' in Times of Pandemic in France and Poland.- 7: The Recomposition: Parental Roles and Animal Roles in the Empty Nest.- Part 2: Couple in the Empty Nest8: Redefining Couple Relationship in the Empty Nest: The Evolving Involvement.- 9: Redefining Couple Relationship in the Empty Nest: Together, but Apart.- 10: No Intimate Bonds in the Empty Nest: Uncoupling and Recoupling.- Part 3: The Self in the Empty Nest.- 11: What Do We Do In Our Free Time? Personal Life Strategies.- 12: Without Children at Home: The Transition to Herplaces and Hisplaces.- 13: Changing Roles, Changing Emotions: Women's Emotions in Coping with Change.- 14: Struggling with Limitations, Creating New Possibilities: The Identity of Men in the Empty Nest Stage.- 15: Conclusion.

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Magdalena Żadkowska is Assistant Professor in the Division of Sociology of Everyday Life in the Faculty of Social Sciences at University of Gdańsk, Poland.  Marta Skowrońska is Assistant Professor at the Division of Social Practice Research and Theory in the Faculty of Sociology at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland.  Christophe Giraud is Professor of Sociology at Université Paris Cité, France.  Filip Schmidt is Assistant Professor in the Division of Social Practice Research and Theory at the Faculty of Sociology at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland. ctice Research and Theory at the Faculty of Sociology at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland. 

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