Ambivalence and the Study of Intergenerational Relations

Annual Review of Gerontology & Geriatrics | January 1, 2004| | Copyright

A decade ago, Marshall, Matthews, and Rosenthal (1993) offered in this Annual Review an insightful and provocative analysis of the sociology of later-life families. They characterized the field as focusing on a small set of issues in an often abstract and "lifeless" way. They further identified a key problem in this approach: It seemed divorced from the complex reality of family life as individuals actually experience it. As they eloquently put it, "Family life is for many at the core or heart of their identity, conflictual or smooth, but rarely irrelevant. Yet this protean nature of living ...

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