Displaying Families

KATHRYN ALMACK Senior Research Fellow in Palliative and End of Life Studies at the University of Nottingham, UK NIKA DORRER Part-time Researcher at Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland ANDREA DOUCET Professor of Sociology at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada RUTH EMOND Part-time Senior Lecturer in the Department of Applied Social Science at the University of Stirling, Scotland JANET FINCH Honorary Professor of Sociology at Manchester University, UK JACQUI GABB Lecturer in Social Sciences at the Open University, UK JO HAYNES Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Bristol, UK BRIAN HEAPHY Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester, UK KAHRYN HUGHES Senior Research Fellow at the University of Leeds, UK MARY JANE KEHILY Senior Lecturer in Childhood and Youth Studies at the Open University, UK IAN McINTOSH Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Stirling, Scotland SAMANTHA PUNCH Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Stirling, Scotland ROISIN RYAN-FLOOD Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Essex, UK LIZ SHORT Researcher at the School of Social Sciences and Pyschology at Victoria University, Australia RACHEL THOMSON Professor of Social Research at the Open University, UK GILL VALENTINE Professor of Human Geography at the University of Leeds, UK

This edited collection uses the concept of 'displaying families' as a new way to understand contemporary family and personal life, addressing how, in a world of fluid relationships, family life must not only be 'done' but also be 'seen to be done'.This edited collection uses the concept of 'displaying families' as a new way to understand contemporary family and personal life, addressing how, in a world of fluid relationships, family life must not only be 'done' but also be 'seen to be done'.