Fathers and Sons
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1-2008
Keywords
narrative, family relationships, qualitative writing
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800408322682
Abstract
This article is written as a personal letter to the author of A Need to Know. The letter responds to the freshness of the narrative writing in the book, its risks and rewards, and questions whether this is a book about “knowing” or about “feeling.” Shame, pain, loneliness, and rage are feelings often felt but not expressed in relationships between fathers and sons, and like many narratives, A Need to Know aspires to truth but can make no claim to it. Narrative is not merely an inheritance; it's also a way of continuing a relationship marked by the silence of death through linking the past to the future, giving one's life a sense of continuity and integrity.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Qualitative Inquiry, v. 14, issue 7, p. 1321-1328
Scholar Commons Citation
Bochner, Arthur P., "Fathers and Sons" (2008). Communication Faculty Publications. 31.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/spe_facpub/31
