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Author:   Lisa P. Z. Spinazola ,  David F. Purnell
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367643362

ISBN 10:   0367643367
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   10 May 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Inroduction Section One: Estrangement due to lingering effects of childhood neglect, abuse, or abandonment 1. Writing of, off, to, and from my mother: Moving forward, word by word 2. Estrangement: A Father/Son Love Story 3. A Series of @!?#@!? Events: A Journey to Mother-Daughter Estrangement Section Two: Estrangement due to family secrets, betrayal, or death 4. Complicating the experience of estranging from a sibling 5. Sister mine: Understanding family estrangement in siblings 6. Blood is thicker than water! 7. Traci(ng) Estrangement: Sisters, Secrets and Suicide Section Three: Estrangement resulting from the search for identity, belonging, or home 8. An Autoethnography of the Ongoing Impact of Parental Divorce and Estrangement 9. Too far out all my life…but not drowning 10. Our Real-Life Matilda Moment: Redefining and Finding Family Section Four: Estrangement initiated by another and out of our hands 11. Writing of(f) family: Sarah’s family hand-me-downs 12. My Mum is a Dreamer: Losing Family but Learning to Love 13. The Roots are Gone Too: An Autoethnography of Estrangement and/in Mourning Conclusion

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This charged collection takes us into the silent and sometimes violent dynamics of families, manifesting the mercurial movements of trauma, love, and hope of making kin with other beings. (Stacey Holman Jones, Monash University & Dan Harris, RMIT Australia) A timely collection of research that is utterly compelling to read and invites rich reflections on the role of family in identity formation and negotiation, meaning, human development, cultural values, and trauma. Orbiting around estrangement as an important focus for family research, this diverse constellation of narratives will appeal to scholars in relational communication, family systems, social psychology, narrative research, and autoethnography. (Elissa Foster, DePaul University) Breakdowns in family communication can be painful, baffling, traumatic. This rich volume offers new ways to think, feel, and story our way through the complexities of estrangement. (Christopher N. Poulos, University of North Carolina-Greensboro) Engaging with their own and the contributors' stories, Spinazola and Purnell show readers how to write brave narratives about family and estrangement-an excellent book that will greatly enrich research on family communication and autoethnography. (Joyce L. Hocker, Clinical Psychologist and University of Montana (Ret)

Author Information

Lisa P. Z. Spinazola is a visiting instructor at the University of South Florida. She uses autoethnography and narrative inquiry to research trauma, grief, family relationships, body image, and identity. Her current projects include adapting an in-person pedagogy of care to enhance remote/online learning and navigating persistent pain/health issues. David F. Purnell received his doctorate from the University of South Florida. He is a qualitative researcher whose research interests include shame culture effects on identity, food as communication, queering definitions of family, and ageism in the academy. His publications are mostly based upon an autoethnographic approach.

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