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Author:   Sherilyn Marrow ,  Dennis Leoutsakas
Publisher:   Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.
Imprint:   Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.
ISBN:  

9780757597961

ISBN 10:   0757597963
Pages:   434
Publication Date:   30 August 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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"Preface Part 1. The Foundation Chapter 1 On the Threshold: Evotypical Families Talk Themselves into Being by Kathleen Galvin Chapter 2 ""More Than Blood"": Rethinking Identities, Interactions, and the Future of Contemporary Families by Sherilyn Marrow and Dennis Leoutsakas - Salisbury University Part 2: Communication Perspectives Chapter 3 Family Stories: Communicative Values, Interactions, and Burdens by Dennis Leoutsakas - Salisbury University Chapter 4 The Family That Inks Together Links Together: Tattoos as Family Identifiers by Thomas G. Endres - University of Northern Colorado Chapter 5 Appreciative Inquiry as a Model for Strengths-Based Decision Making in Couples and Families by Deborah Ballard-Reisch - Wichita State University Chapter 6 Forgiveness and Reconciliation: Infidelity as a Case Study by Doug Kelley - Arizona State University Chapter 7 Decision Making in Dual-Career Couples: A Replication and Extension by Lynne M. Webb - University of Arkansas and Douglas C. Pennington - Lynn Haven United Methodist Church, Panama City, Florida Part 3. Emergence of Evotypical Families Chapter 8 The Communicative Effort of Negotiating Unmarried Family Life: Friction and Flexibility by Jay Baglia - Kutztown University and Elissa Foster - LeHigh Valley Hospital Chapter 9 Living with a Ghost: Managing Memory in Postbereaved Families by Christine E. Kiesinger - George Washington University Chapter 10 State Disciplinary Practices and the Emergence of Coparenting Families by Lynn Comerford - California State University, East Bay Chapter 11 Single Family: Expanding Our Understanding by Tiffani Baldwin - University of Denver Chapter 12 Speaking About Coupleness: Relational Roles in the Conversations of Gay and Lesbian Couples by Brian L. Heisterkamp - California State University, San Bernardino Chapter 13 ""Not 16 Any More"": Identification Challenges of Teen Parents by Karen Cirulis - University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha Public Schools Chapter 14 Interracial and Interethnic Families by Francis Wardle - Red Rocks Community College Chapter 15 (Not) Talking About Race and Difference in Visibly Adoptive Families by Sara Docan-Morgan - University of Wisconsin–La Crosse Part 4: Family Experiences from a Distance Chapter 16 On the Evolution of Togetherness and Living with Two Hearts by Vinita Agarwal - Salisbury University and Suchitra Shenoy - De Paul University Chapter 17 Family Relationships as More Than Blood: Military Families as Dialectics and Discourses by Erin Sahlstein - University of Nevada–Las Vegas and Katheryn Maguire - Cleveland State University Chapter 18 Ex-Prisoners Are Coming Home: A Reentry Court's Family Focus by Jeralyn Faris - Purdue University Chapter 19 Family as an Academic Motivator for African American and Ghanaian Students' University by Eletra Gilchrist - University of Alabama Part 5. Families in Grief and Loss Chapter 20 The Boundary Management and Family Identity Issues in Postbereavement Remarried Families by Carrie West - University of Denver Chapter 21 The Life of a ""Twinkie"": Performing Race as a Korean Adoptee by Gina Bacon -University of Utah Chapter 22 Obstacle or Opportunity? Toward a Typology of Resilience Rhetoric Following Family Crises by Sherilyn Marrow - University of Northern Colorado, Nancy Karlin -University of Northern Colorado, and Betty Burdoff Brown - University of Northern Colorado Part 6. Physical and Mental Health Considerations in the Family Chapter 23 Reframing Addiction by Nicholas Fittante - A.C.T. Family Counseling, Ontario, California Chapter 24 When Family Blood Kills: Reflections on the Criminal Dangers of Confused Family Allegiances by Brad Goldschmidt - University of Northern Colorado/Greeley, Colorado, Police Department Chapter 25 Intimacy and Connection: Parents Being Challenged from a Child's Disability by Stacy L. Carter - Texas Tech University and Narissra Maria Punyanunt-Carter - Texas Tech University Chapter 26 A ""Sounding Board and a Safety Net"": Privacy Boundary Management Between Adolescents with Insulin Dependent Diabetes and Their Parents by Jeanette Valenti - University of Denver Chapter 27 Defining Caregiving Relationships: Using Intergenerational Ambivalence Theory to Explain Burden Among Racial and Ethnic Groups by Angela C. Henderson - University of Northern Colorado Chapter 28 Implications of Family Communication on Nutritional Health and Obesity of Children by Wanda Koszewski - University of Nebraska–Lincoln Part 7. Family Ties and Influences Chapter 29 The Impact of Communication Technology on the Family by Cheryl Pawlowski - University of Northern Colorado Chapter 30 The ""Plugged-In"" Family: The Dialectics of Digital Technology in the Everyday Life of Families by Charles Soukup - University of Northern Colorado Chapter 31 Pathways to Marital Satisfaction in Interfaith and Interracial Marriages by Patrick C. Hughes - Texas Tech University, John R. Baldwin - Illinois State University, and Bolanle Olaniran - Texas Tech University Chapter 32 Mother and Daughter-in-Law Relationships: For Better or for Worse? by Paul Yelsma - Western Michigan University Chapter 33 ""I Want to Be a Marcks"": Generativity in Relationships Between Uncles and Nephews by David Weber - University of North Carolina–Wilmington Chapter 34 Navigating a Mother–Daughter Relationship by K. T. Aldridge - University of Northern Colorado Chapter 35 Media Depictions of Adoption Narratives  by Beth Waggenspack - Virginia Tech University Chapter 36 From Isolation to Connection: Former Sex Workers Conceptualize Family and Familial Interactions by Jennifer Mayer - University of North Texas and Brian Richardson - University of North Texas Chapter 37 Mothering at the Boundaries: When Relative Being Is More Important Than Being a Relative by Deborah Eicher-Catt - Pennsylvania State University–York Epilogue"

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