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Returning Home : Reconnecting with Our Childhoods by Jerry M. Burger (2017, Trade Paperback)

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Returning Home : Reconnecting with Our Childhoods, Paperback by Burger, Jerry M., ISBN 1442206810, ISBN-13 9781442206816, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Each year millions of American adults visit a childhood home. Few can anticipate the effect it will have on them. Often serving several important psychological needs, these trips are not intended as visits with people from their past. Rather, those return

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PublisherRowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated

ISBN-101442206810

ISBN-139781442206816

eBay Product ID (ePID)239826893

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Book TitleReturning Home : Reconnecting with Our Childhoods

Number of Pages152 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2017

TopicDevelopmental / Adulthood & Aging, Developmental / LifeSpan Development, Buildings / Residential, Developmental / Child, General

IllustratorYes

GenreHouse & Home, Architecture, Psychology

AuthorJerry M. Burger

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight8.3 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Dewey Edition22

ReviewsInteresting, entertaining ... A fascinating description and analysis of an intriguing phenomenon. Recommended reading for everyone interested in or struggling with nostalgia and homesickness., "Although Thomas Wolfe observed that one cannot go home again, Dorothy returned from Oz proclaiming, "There's no place like home!" Burger (psychology, Santa Clara Univ.) builds a convincing argument for extending attachment theory to the home by revealing the powerful effects adults experience when they visit childhood homes. His concept of place does not mean returning home for class reunions so much as returning to visit the playground, ice cream parlor, favorite tree, or baseball diamond where significant childhood memories were created. He also discusses the experiences of adults who moved around so frequently as children that no single childhood home stands out as significant. Basing his study on information obtained in hundreds of interviews, Burger demonstrates that a "home attachment" is often formed between the individual and the place he or she lived between the ages of 5 and 12. The individual's sense of self is often defined with reference to qualities of "the old neighborhood," and the desire to return home is often linked to a need to reconnect with the past, to cope or overcome current problems, or to work through psychological issues that remain from childhood. The childhood home surely serves as a secure base for exploration throughout one's entire life. Highly recommended. All readers." -- Choice Reviews "An engaging, sensitive and informative psychological exploration of the common desire by American adults to revisit their childhood homes. Professor Burger argues for home-visiting as a kind of 'place-therapy': for establishing a sense of connection with the past, dealing with current crises and concerns, and working on issues from the past that will not go away. While the passage of time threatens to fragment our senses of self, reconnecting with the sensory, physical environment of formative years effects a kind of emotional wholeness." --Nigel Rapport, University of St. Andrews; Editor of Migrants of Identity: Perceptions of Home in a World of Movement, and of Reveries of Home: Nostalgia, Authenticity and the Performance of Place "Interesting, entertaining ... A fascinating description and analysis of an intriguing phenomenon. Recommended reading for everyone interested in or struggling with nostalgia and homesickness." --Ad Vingerhoets, professor of Clinical Psychology, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, An engaging, sensitive and informative psychological exploration of the common desire by American adults to revisit their childhood homes. Professor Burger argues for home-visiting as a kind of 'place-therapy': for establishing a sense of connection with the past, dealing with current crises and concerns, and working on issues from the past that will not go away. While the passage of time threatens to fragment our senses of self, reconnecting with the sensory, physical environment of formative years effects a kind of emotional wholeness.

Dewey Decimal155.9/45

Table Of ContentChapter 1 Returning Home Chapter 2 A Theory of Home Attachment Chapter 3 A Child's World Chapter 4 A Place to Be Chapter 5 A Place to Grow Chapter 6 A Place to Heal Chapter 7 When There's No Place Like Home Chapter 8 The Bigger Picture

SynopsisEach year millions of American adults visit a childhood home. Few can anticipate the effect it will have on them. Often serving several important psychological needs, these trips are not intended as visits with people from their past. Rather, those returning to their homes have a strong desire to visit the places that comprised the landscape of their childhood. Approximately one third of American adults over the age of thirty have visited a childhood home. This book describes some of their experiences and the psychology behind the journeys. Most people who visit a childhood home are motivated by a desire to connect with their past. Seeing the buildings, schools, parks, and playgrounds from their youth helps to establish the psychological and emotional link between the child in the black-and-white photographs and the person they are today. Many people use the trip to get in touch with the values and principles they were taught as children, often as a means to get their lives back on track. Others use that journey to strengthen emotional bonds between themselves and loved ones. Still others return to former homes to work through psychological issues left over from sad or traumatic childhoods. No matter the reason, there are few experiences in one's life that can move a person as deeply and unpredictably as returning home., The only expectation one can have when returning to visit a childhood home is to be deeply moved in the most unexpected ways. For millions of Americans each year, that journey conjures many emotions, offering a psychological exploration unlike any other. This book describes the experiences of adults who visit a childhood home and the psychology behind their visits. Seeing the buildings, schools, parks and playgrounds from their past helps to establish the psychological and emotional link between the child in the old photographs and the person they are today.

LC Classification NumberBF353.B87 2017