2. CONCEPTUALIZING AND UNCOVERING INTERGENERATIONAL AMBIVALENCE
Intergenerational Ambivalences: New Perspectives on Parent-Child Relations in Later Life
ISBN: 978-0-76230-801-9, eISBN: 978-1-84950-518-5
Publication date: 17 December 2003
Abstract
Intergenerational relations imply dealing with ambivalences. This thesis is what the contributions to this volume have in common. Yet, critics may claim that it is not a new insight. Among them are those who recall that some of the greatest sagas in Greek mythology depicted what we now refer to as ambivalence. Others may argue that the experience of ambivalence pervades everyday life. Adult children, for example, feel ambivalent about placing their elderly father or mother in a nursing home. Parents have mixed feelings about their child’s living with a partner without an intention to marry and have children. A son’s or a daughter’s “coming out” as gay or lesbian is fraught with ambivalence on both sides.
Citation
Lüscher, K. (2003), "2. CONCEPTUALIZING AND UNCOVERING INTERGENERATIONAL AMBIVALENCE", Pillemer, K. and Luscher, K. (Ed.) Intergenerational Ambivalences: New Perspectives on Parent-Child Relations in Later Life (Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research, Vol. 4), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 23-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1530-3535(03)04002-0
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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