Out of Control: Family Therapy and Domestic Disorder

by Jaber F. Gubrium

Book Overview

In a unique comparative ethnography of two family therapy programs, Gubrium deftly shows how differing organizational perceptions make visible the social construction of domestic disorder. Contrasting images of home life--one viewing domestic order as a system of authority, the other as a configuration of emotional bonds--serve to highlight different senses of the family as being out of control and to recommend alternate forms of intervention. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803946333
• ISBN13: 9780803946330
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 257 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.5"