Description: Introduces the concept of obliviousness to the consideration of family systems--what do families choose to ignore and why and how they do so.
Brief description: Paul C. Rosenblatt is Morse-Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Family Social Science at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. He is the author of many books, including Two in a Bed: The Social System of Couple Bed Sharing, also published by SUNY Press; African American Grief (with Beverly R. Wallace); and Help Your Marriage Survive the Death of a Child.
Review Quotes:
"...Rosenblatt breaks new ground by introducing shared family obliviousness theory and providing examples of how the theory works and helps families maintain their lives in view of the pressures of daily information that inundates them from a multitude of sources--adding a new dimension for working with families." -- Journal of Contemporary Social Services
"...an intriguing addition to the literature on family-systems theory, a work that builds on a rich history of family-systems research." -- CHOICE
"This work pertains to family information management, focusing on what is not said rather than what is. In a highly readable fashion, Rosenblatt makes us more aware of the many ways in which we avoid talking about certain topics in our families and elsewhere. He takes a systems approach to the family and clarifies mechanisms that render some topics unspeakable." -- Dudley D. Cahn, editor of Family Violence: Communication Processes