The Contemporary American Family

<b><p>The Contemporary American Family: A Dialectical Perspective</b> <strong>on Communication and Relationships</strong> recognizes that families are both close and distant stable and changing amenable and uncontrollable. Teresa Chandler Sabourin employs a dialectical approach acknowledging that a family's contradictions and relational tensions may be the determining factor in its interaction. Writing in a direct and simple style Sabourin uses this innovative theoretical position to address four types of family diversity: structural cultural developmental and functional.</p><p>Designed as a supplemental text for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in Family Communication <b>The Contemporary American Family</b> is also an invaluable resource for students in Family Studies and Women's Studies courses.</p><p> </p><p> </p>