Marital Separation in Contemporary Ireland: Women's Experiences

by Lucy Hyland

Overview

This book is based on detailed interviews with a group of contemporary Irish women who have experienced marital separation. It links the women's accounts with literature on the values and beliefs about marriage, women and family which were prevalent when they were growing up in Ireland in the 1950s and 1960s.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783034318365
Publisher:	Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date:	12/21/2015
Pages:	230
Product dimensions:	5.91(w) x 10.04(h) x (d)

About the Author

Lucy Hyland has a background in social work. She is a lecturer in Applied Social Studies at Carlow College.

Table of Contents

Contents: Childhood – Identity Formation in Young Adulthood – Experiences during Marriage: Practical Aspects – Experiences during Marriage: Relational and Emotional Aspects – Events and Feelings at the Time of Separation – Legal, Financial and Housing Arrangements – Relationships following Separation – Identity and Resilience Post-Separation – Experiences of Formal Support.

Editorial Reviews

«This informative and timely book is an essential sociological study based an the experiences of fourteen women who have been through marital separation in contemporary lreland. lt is a must for all couple's counsellors, relationship and family therapists and anyone interested in how patterns, roles and expectations in marriage are changing.»
(Pauline Macey, Eisteach. The lrish Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy 16/3 2016)

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