Citation

Morgan DHJ. J. Fam. Issues 2019; 40(16): 2225-2238.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0192513X19848799

PMID

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Abstract

What does it mean to talk of family problems as opposed to individual problems? The use of the word clearly reminds the reader of the relational character of everyday troubles and, more than this, raises particular issues of dependency, mutuality, and obligations. My approach in terms of "family practices" highlights the ways in which everyday actions and reactions continually constitute family life, while the introduction of the term troubling families adds further levels of complexity to do with the boundaries between public and private. I explore these issues through a fictional example (Terence Rattigan's play The Winslow Boy) as well as sociological case material.

Language: en