Relocation, gender and emotion : a psycho-social perspective on the experiences of military wives / Sue Jervis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jervis, Sue.

Series:

EXPL

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military spouses--Psychological aspects.

Military spouses.

Military spouses--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Karnac, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This book has two main aims: firstly, to provide a rare, detailed description of the use of a psychoanalytically informed, reflexive research method to achieve an in-depth understanding of social phenomena; and secondly, to throw some much needed light onto the complex, intrapsychic and interpersonal influences that impact upon "military wives" who accompany members of the British Armed Forces to postings overseas. These arguments are particularly relevant at a time when the military is over-stretched, given that unhappy wives can adversely affect the retention of servicemen. This is an important contribution to the on-going development of psycho-social studies."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Title Page; Table of Contents; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Biographic Notes; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: Military life; Chapter Three: Change, loss, and relocation; Chapter Four: The influence of reactivated primitive psychological processes; Chapter Five: Using psychoanalytic thinking to enhance understanding; Chapter Six: Making psycho-social sense of emotional experiences; Chapter Seven: Concluding remarks and policy implications; Appendix; Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-78049-799-7

0-429-91853-4

0-429-90430-4

0-429-47953-0

1-283-07117-7

9786613071170

1-84940-871-8

9780429479533

OCLC:

723944406