Jon P. Bloch

The Loveless Family (eBook, PDF)

Getting Past Estrangement and Learning How to Love

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This scholarly and personal exploration of what it is like to grow up feeling unloved describes personality types and syndromes that often manifest, regardless of whether the family unit was "dysfunctional" or not.

Though recent decades have seen a great deal of discussion on the "dysfunctional" family, many people share a different problem, regardless of whether their family was "functional" or not: they are never given love, or taught how to receive it. This book will establish the concept of the loveless family by investigating scholarship on the subject as well as through the personal reflections and experiences of author Jon P. Bloch.

The Loveless Family: Getting Past Estrangement and Learning How to Love explains what a loveless family is, some of the typical syndromes seen within it, how families may cope with serious physical or mental issues, and how adults who came from a loveless family can develop meaningful relationships. This book is written to be engaging and accessible to the average reader, yet authoritative and also of value to scholars.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. August 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313392740
• Artikelnr.: 37841218

Autorenporträt

JON P. BLOCH is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Southern Connecticut State University./e His research and teaching interests include social theory, sociology of religion, and sociology of sex and gender.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction PART ONE: THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE LOVELESS FAMILY 1 What Is a
Loveless Family? 2 What a Loveless Family Does to You PART TWO: COMMON
SYNDROMES IN THE LOVELESS FAMILY 3 The Star Syndrome 4 The Bad Example
Syndrome 5 The Frenemy Syndrome 6 The Ostrich Syndrome 7 The Clueless
Meddler Syndrome 8 The One-Way Street Syndrome 9 The Short-Distance Runner
Syndrome 10 The Volcano Syndrome 11 The Iron Butterfly Syndrome 12 The
Interloper Syndrome PART THREE: PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CONDITIONS, AND DEATH
13 Dealing with Serious Physical Conditions 14 Dealing with Serious Mental
Conditions 15 Dealing with Death PART FOUR: OVERCOMING THE LOVELESS FAMILY
16 Finding Lasting Friendship 17 Finding Lasting Intimacy 18 Relating to
Children Afterword: Forgiveness Notes Index