Towers, L. orcid.org/0000-0003-4047-5222 (2023) Knowing what you’ve got once it’s gone: identifying familial norms and values through the lens of (sibling) bereavement. Sociology, 57 (5). pp. 1175-1190. ISSN 0038-0385
Abstract
Following the death of a sibling, life as it was known and expected to be lived is permanently and irrevocably set on a different trajectory. Surviving siblings are left to consider all that they have lost beyond the individual who died. Using data from a qualitative study exploring experiences of sibling bereavement over the life course, this article presents a set of assumptions that people had regarding their imagined but unliveable futures. In doing so, it outlines how these ideas contribute to a currently under-developed understanding of normative expectations of the adult sibling relationship, as well as wider familial norms and values. As such, this article will demonstrate that death can actually reveal much about living relationships. It will conclude that bereavement research has much to offer the sociologies of family, relationships and personal life, as an alternative lens through which to learn more about familial norms and values.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2022. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
Keywords: | bereavement; family; grief; normative; sibling relationships |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Sheffield Methods Institute |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number ECONOMIC & SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL ES/V007734/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 29 Jun 2023 10:30 |
Last Modified: | 09 Oct 2023 11:26 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/00380385221133214 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:201018 |
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