Rituals for Our Times Celebrating, Healing, and Changing Our Lives and Our Relationships

Name: Rituals for Our Times Celebrating, Healing, and Changing Our Lives and Our Relationships
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ISBN: 9780765701565

ISBN-10: 0765701561

ISBN-13: 9780765701565

Edition: 1998

Authors: Evan Imber-Black, Janine Roberts

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Authors Evan Imber-Black and Janine Roberts show how we can learn to tap the power of rituals to mark transitions, express important values, heal the past, and deepen relationships. Each chapter looks at the special issues and possibilities for nuclear, extended, single-parent, and remarried families, as well as for single adults and couples. The authors also pay particular attention to how changing gender roles are reflected in our rituals, and how revitalized traditions can actually alter the course of intimate relationships. Filled with first-person stories and practical examples, this book will help all readers enhance the meaning of traditions old and new, reinforcing and celebrating…

Book details

List price: $71.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/1/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 330
Size: 6.04" wide x 8.96" long x 1.04" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Evan Imber-Black, PhD, is internationally known for her pioneering work on rituals, larger systems, and family secrets. She is Professor and Director of Family and Group Studies, Department of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Imber-Black is the editor of the highly acclaimedSecrets in Families and Family Therapy, author ofFamilies and Larger Systems, and coauthor ofRituals for Our Times: Celebrating, Healing, and Changing Our Lives and Our Relationships(with Janine Roberts).



Acknowledgments


Preface



Rituals and Relationships



The Possibilities for Rituals Today



How Rituals Work for Us: The Five Purposes of Rituals



Your Family Heritage: Understanding Ritual Styles



Making Meaningful Rituals



Planning Your Rituals: Preparation, People, Place, Participation, and Presents



How Rituals Make Meaning: Symbols and Symbolic Actions



Rituals Throughout Our Lives



Daily Rituals: Shaping Relationships Day by Day



Birthdays: Remembering Life's Beginnings and Affirming Relationships Across the Years



Anniversaries: Honoring Relationships and Marking Personal Changes



Vacations, Reunions, and Seasonal Events: Making Special Time for Yourself and Your Relationships



Holiday Rituals: Celebrating with Merriment, Memory, and Meaning



Life-Cycle Rituals: Living Life's Changes



Keeping Your Rituals Alive: Where to Go from Here


Author's Note


Notes


Suggested Reading


Index