Constructing ‘the family’ across culture

Singh, Reenee

doi:10.1111/j.1467-6427.2009.00473.x

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“…His empirical study of the therapist's inner conversations and processes in therapy is based on a qualitative research method borrowed from individual psychotherapy (Elliott, 1986). Consistent with previous research (see for example, Roy-Chowdhury, 2003, 2006Sinclair, 2007;Singh, 2009), the article reminds us that qualitative research is a valuable tool in helping us, as clinicians, to develop self reflexivity.…”

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Ecological epistemologies and beyond: qualitative research in the twenty‐first century

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2011

Journal of Family Therapy

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2011

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“…More recently, discursive researchers and family therapists have focused on cultural identities as co‐constructed through language use in social interactions (e.g. Butler and Fitzgerald, ; Falicov, ; Petraki, ; Singh, ; Suoninen and Wahlström, ). Joining this group, we view cultural identities as dynamic, situated and discursively (i.e.…”

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Immigrant family members negotiating preferred cultural identities in family therapy conversations: a discursive analysis

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2017

Journal of Family Therapy

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In this article we present a discursive analysis of how immigrant family members relationally recognize and co‐articulate with each other's preferred cultural memberships during family therapy conversations. This article draws from a qualitative study of family therapy conversations with a sample of sixteen video‐recorded sessions with nine immigrant families and their therapists, and from separate interviews with each family member. Selected segments of therapy conversations and subsequent individual interviews were transcribed verbatim for the analysis. We show exemplars of how therapists help immigrant family members move beyond dis‐preferred cultural membership ascriptions (i.e. misrecognition) by foregrounding cultural identities family members deem more appropriate. We conclude by discussing how this preference‐animated research can be useful for practitioners to help immigrant family members co‐construct cultural identities that suit them better as individuals and members of a family. Practitioner points Misrecognition occurs when immigrant family members’ preferred cultural identities are disregarded or not acknowledged in family conversations and interactions By foregrounding cultural identities at play in family therapy, practitioners can facilitate dialogues helping family members recognize preferred cultural identities Discursive research methods may enhance therapists’ awareness of how discursive negotiations of cultural identities influence family members’ relationships

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“…Although there is a burgeoning body of discursive empirical work on gender/diversity outside of family therapy, including in the study of the family (Adjei, 2016;Dalgaard, 2016), family therapy has trailed behind in using discursive methods in general (Tseliou, 2013) and in examining gender/diversity in particular. None of the existing discursive analyses of family therapy (Lawless, Gale, & Bacigalupe, 2001;Moore & Seu, 2010;O'Reilly, 2014;Singh, 2009) directly address the construction of gender/diversity and power relations. For example, Lawless et al (2001) investigated how talk about race and ethnicity was built and negotiated in supervision meetings, leaving the discursive production of client and supervisor/supervisee race and ethnicity unexplored.…”

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The Primacy of Discourse in the Study of Gender in Family Therapy

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Family therapists and scholars increasingly adopt poststructural and postmodern conceptions of social reality, challenging the notion of stable, universal dynamics within family members and families and favoring a view of reality as produced through social interaction. In the study of gender and diversity, many envision differences as social constructed rather than as "residing" in people or groups. There is a growing interest in discourse or people's everyday use of language and how it may reflect and advance interests of dominant groups in a society. Despite this shift from structures to discourse, therapists struggle to locate the dynamics of power in concrete actions and interactions. By leaving undisturbed the social processes through which gendered and other subjectivities and relations of power are produced, therapists may inadvertently become complicit in the very dynamics of power they seek to undermine. In this article, we argue that discourse analysis can help family therapy scholars and practitioners clarify the link between language and power. We present published examples of discourse analytic studies of gender and sexism and examine the relevance of these ideas for family therapy practice and research.

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Constructing ‘the family’ across culture

Cited by 36 publications

References 31 publications

Ecological epistemologies and beyond: qualitative research in the twenty‐first century

Ecological epistemologies and beyond: qualitative research in the twenty‐first century

Immigrant family members negotiating preferred cultural identities in family therapy conversations: a discursive analysis

The Primacy of Discourse in the Study of Gender in Family Therapy

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