most researched from PSP persp and findings over-generalised
mothers frequently blamed for 'failures' of children
marriage seen as normative
single women/gays 'pathologised'
findings viewed 'universally'
and diffs between families
ironed out - marginalised
members rendered invisible
MAINSTREAM CRITIQUE
WILLIAMS (2004)
'networks of affection'
Sutton (2004)
'family reunion rituals'
knowledge about families is
thus situated within cultural
power relations - the
indiv/social dualism is not a
useful one
De-trad family forms
Morrow (1998)
'quality of relationships'
Cicerilli (1994)
'fluid boundaries'
However.. normative
ideologies about
heterosexual married
coupled families still
dominate
DISCURSIVE
Singleness
Reynolds & Wetherell (2003)
Annie (positive)
Lyn (negative)
Therefore... singleness
needs studying from the
point of view that it
consists of personal
narratives and subject
positions
'repertoires of choice'
Domestic division of labour
Thompson (1991)
'distributive justice framework'
Caroline Dryden (1999)
'Rachael' - division of housework'
Unequal gender relations
are deeply embedded
within cultural ideologies -
rather than seeing this
inequity, women take up
positions of gratitude
Discourses of power inequities are brought
to meaning in everyday practices and
mainstream research methods are unable to
capture them through methods such as the
'distributive justice framework' questionnaires
Social psychoanalytic
Bank & Kahn (1982)
Oedipus complex
Mitchell (2000)
'siblings bonds - no
intrinsic value of
own'
Prophesy Coles (2003)
'bit part actors'
Mitchell (2003)
'construction of ego'
Siblings are often major
object-elements in early life
- so the idea siblings are
introjected and become part
of the self suggests siblings
play a central role in the
development of the self
Lucey et al (2006)
5 Muslim Sisters
Hence, the powerful unconscious
world of splitting, desires and
imaginings as well as invested
positions within social and culture
discourses all have an impact on
family relationships
The psychoanalytic view of us being
unconsciously defended challenges
to what extent we can ever be
completely autonomous.
CONCLUSION
common ground in
research perspectives of
DP and psychoanalyic
approaches (both SSP)
both explore place of
families in the
construction of
identities
Unlike PSP
(mainstream)
they do not draw
a clear boundary
between what
happens inside a
family and wider
society