Selective Disclosure in a First Conversation about a Family Death in James Agee's Novel "A Death in the Family"

Autor/inn/en	Rober, Peter; Rosenblatt, Paul C.
Titel	Selective Disclosure in a First Conversation about a Family Death in James Agee's Novel "A Death in the Family"
Quelle	In: Death Studies, 37 (2013) 2, S.172-194 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0748-1187
DOI	10.1080/07481187.2011.628555
Schlagwörter	Novels; Death; Family Relationship; Interpersonal Communication; Emotional Response; Coping; Disclosure; Qualitative Research; Case Studies + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Novel; Roman; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Emotionales Verhalten; Bewältigung; Qualitative Forschung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study
Abstract	The first conversation of a family about a family death is a neglected but potentially important topic. In a first conversation in James Agee's (1957/2006) novel "A Death in the Family," the member who knows the most about the accidental death of another member discloses information selectively. The first conversation in Agee's novel suggests that communication and caring in the first family conversation about a death is attuned to family member emotions, particularly those of the family member considered most vulnerable, and that the aim is not a shared narrative that is true, but one that people can live with. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10