Elaine Arnold

Working with Families of African Caribbean Origin

Understanding Issues around Immigration and Attachment

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Produktbeschreibung

Many of those who emigrated from the Caribbean to the UK after World War II left behind partners and children, causing the break-up of families who were often not reunited for several years. Elaine Arnold examines the psychological impact that immigration had on these families, in particular with relation to attachment issues.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 149mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 254g
• ISBN-13: 9781843109921
• ISBN-10: 1843109921
• Artikelnr.: 33385140

Autorenporträt

Elaine Arnold is Director of The Separation and Reunion Forum, UK, an organization dedicated to highlighting the traumatic effects of broken attachments, separation and loss. Elaine has previously worked as a teacher, lecturer, child care worker, counsellor and psychiatric social worker. Her interest in attachment issues and separation was first sparked in the late 1940s when teaching in a school in a children's home in Trinidad and Tobago, which housed children for a number of reasons including the emigration of parents.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. Foreword by Gill Gorell-Barnes. Introduction. 1.
Historical Background of African Caribbean Life. 2. African Caribbean
Families' Immigration to Britain. 3. Attachment Theory, Separation and
Loss. 4. Narratives of African Caribbean Mothers Separated and Reunited
with their Children. 5. Mothers and Children Reflecting on Relationships
with Fathers. 6. African Caribbean Women Reflecting on Separation in Early
Years and Reunion with Mothers. 7. Implication for Work with African
Caribbean Families and Others who Experience Separation and Loss.
References. Index.