This volume tackles key issues in the changing nature of family life from a global perspective, and is essential reading for those studying and working with families.

A study of the work and position of female authors in Japanese literature, reflecting concerns with ethnicity, class, feminine language, representations of the body, and the development of a feminine…

This book demonstrates that marriage breakdown is a painful, stressful process resulting in intense feelings of an overwhelming sense of loss. It attempts to coordinate and consolidate the implications of…