1st Edition

Family Identity Ties, Symbols, and Transitions

By Vittorio Cigoli, Eugenia Scabini Copyright 2006
250 Pages
by Routledge

250 Pages
by Routledge

250 Pages
by Routledge

Gender, generations, and lineage; faith, hope, and justice; gifts, duties, and debts; affection, responsibility, and generativity; values, secrets, and objectives; transmissions and transitions: these are the primary themes of family. They refer to what the family relationship builds in terms of organizational structure, motives, and objectives. Family assumes different forms and attire according... Read more
Contents: R.E. Emery, Foreword. Preface. The Gallery of Time: Picturing the Family. The Relational-Symbolic Model and Its Principles. The Cores of the Relationship. The Epiphany of Relationships and Its Methodology. The Destinies of the Couple's Pact. The Parental Bond: Transitions and Tasks. Becoming an Adult: A Generational Impasse? Beyond Family Boundaries: Illness and Migration.

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Authored by Cigoli, Vittorio; Scabini, Eugenia