Post-Solidarity and Postmodern Intergenerational Relation(ship)s | Changes in Patterns and Values of Contemporary Intergenerational Relation(ship)s

Michael-David ARR Kerns

ISBN 10: 3639188578 ISBN 13: 9783639188578
Published by VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2009
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Post-Solidarity and Postmodern Intergenerational Relation(ship)s | Changes in Patterns and Values of Contemporary Intergenerational Relation(ship)s | Michael-David ARR Kerns | Taschenbuch | Englisch | VDM Verlag Dr. Müller | EAN 9783639188578 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu. Seller Inventory # 101495476

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Modernist notions of the primacy and unity of the nuclear family and of the inviolate nature of intergenerational relation(ship)s perpetuated by such influential researchers and social-gerontological theorists as Bengtson and colleagues, I suggest, no longer sufficiently comprehend the lived experience of contemporary kin relation(ship)s. Such notions, which Luescher and Pillemer term as constitutive of the ?solidarity perspective? of intergenerational relation(ship)s, I argue, inadequately capture both the content and tone of contemporary intergenerational relation(ship)s. Bernardes has gone so far as to observe that the Modernist view that family and intergenerational relation(ship)s are dominated by one socially ?normative? model (i.e., the enduring nuclear family) is an ?oppressive practice.? I propose a construct of intergenerational relation(ship)s that goes beyond the Modernist paradigm asserted by the ?solidarity perspective? and that comprehends the Postmodern conceptualization of the ?contemporary family as filled with doubt, ambivalence, and insecurity? (Stacey, 1991, p. 17).

About the Author: Trained as a Lifespan Developmental Scientist, Dr. Michael-David ARR Kerns shares life with Minerva and Carlito the rescued cats & when not working devotes himself to the care of Bodhi the Thoroughbred gelding & other horses rescued from slaughter, abuse, neglect, and abandonment. Dr. Kerns practices Veganism & opposes speciesism.

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Title: Post-Solidarity and Postmodern ...
Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
Publication Date: 2009
Binding: Taschenbuch
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