Jacqueline Burgoyne was born in Worcester on 10 September 1944 and schooled at Bristol. She enrolled at the University of Sheffield in 1963 and completed a sociology degree, before qualifying as a teacher in Bath and then returning to Sheffield to work on a project which would lead to her first book, Books and Reading (1969), the result of a collaboration with Peter H. Mann; after its completion, she worked as a teacher and then in 1971 joined Sheffield City College of Education (later Sheffield City Polytechnic and later still Sheffield Hallam University) as a lecturer.[1] She was a founding editor of Polity Press's Family Life series of books and, in 1987, she was appointed to the Economic and Social Research Council's Behaviour and Human Development Group and in the same year was appointed to the editorial board of the journal Sociology.[2][3] Burgoyne remained at Sheffield Polytechnic for the rest of her academic career, before dying of ovarian cancer on 10 January 1988.[1][2] She was the dedicatee of a posthumous festschrift edited by David Clark: Marriage, Domestic Life and Social Change (1991). After her death, Sheffield Polytechnic founded a memorial collection in their library for Burgoyne, and established an annual memorial lecture series.[4]
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Burgoyne's sociological research began with a study of books and reading, before moving on to families, divorce and remarriage.[2] A major aspect of her research in the late 1970s and early 1980s focused on stepfamilies and the children of divorced parents who married again, which had largely been studied from a psychological or therapeutic (and thus individual-focused) perspective up to that time; instead, her lengthy interviews revealed that the impact of divorce and marital failure was both a private and a public experience related to effects on employment, finance and legal proceedings. Interviewees frequently included accounts of these interactions in discussions about their marital history and the development of step-families; often, divorced parents who remarried found their situation frustrated by continuities from their previous marriage relating to issues such as child custody or maintenance, and complications when trying to establish a new family.[3] As David Clark, who collaborated with Burgoyne on the project, later recalled: "It was these issues which constituted the main agenda for [her] intellectual interests and which constantly brought her back to key themes: public/private, structure/process, outer/inner, biography/history".[3] Her research also focused on the gender dynamics of family life and on the psychodynamics of families and family counselling, on cohabitation (researched with Paul Wild), and divorce, which she studied with Martin Richards and Sir Roger Ormrod by borrowing ideas from sociology, psychology and law. As Sheffield's steel industry disappeared in the 1980s, she also worked with Nick Forster to study the effects of unemployment on families, and towards the end of her life became interested in women working in management roles.[5]
Selected publicationsedit
(Co-authored with Peter H. Mann) Books and Reading (Andre Deutsch, 1969).
What Are We Doing to The Children? (BBC Publications, 1982).
(Co-authored with David Clark) Making a Go of It: A Study of Step-Families in Sheffield (Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1984).
Breaking Even: Divorce, Your Children and You (Penguin, 1984).
(Co-authored with Sir Roger Ormrod and Martin Richards) Divorce Matters (Penguin, 1987).
Referencesedit
^ abDavid Clark, "A researcher's life", in David Clark (ed.), Marriage, Domestic Life and Social Change: Writings for Jacqueline Burgoyne (1944–88) (London: Routledge, 1991), pp. xi–xii.
^ abc"Obituary: Jacqueline Burgoyne", The Guardian, 17 February 1988, p. 39.
jacqueline, burgoyne, jacqueline, lesley, burgoyne, september, 1944, january, 1988, british, sociologist, academic, specialised, family, life, born, 1944, september, 1944worcesterdied10, january, 1988, 1988, aged, nationalitybritishoccupationacademicacademic, . Jacqueline Lesley Burgoyne 10 September 1944 10 January 1988 was a British sociologist and academic who specialised in family life Jacqueline BurgoyneBorn 1944 09 10 10 September 1944WorcesterDied10 January 1988 1988 01 10 aged 43 NationalityBritishOccupationAcademicAcademic backgroundAlma materUniversity of SheffieldAcademic workDisciplineSociologistSub disciplineFamiliesInstitutionsSheffield City PolytechnicNotable worksMaking a Go of It A Study of Step Families in Sheffield 1984 Contents 1 Career 2 Research 3 Selected publications 4 ReferencesCareer editJacqueline Burgoyne was born in Worcester on 10 September 1944 and schooled at Bristol She enrolled at the University of Sheffield in 1963 and completed a sociology degree before qualifying as a teacher in Bath and then returning to Sheffield to work on a project which would lead to her first book Books and Reading 1969 the result of a collaboration with Peter H Mann after its completion she worked as a teacher and then in 1971 joined Sheffield City College of Education later Sheffield City Polytechnic and later still Sheffield Hallam University as a lecturer 1 She was a founding editor of Polity Press s Family Life series of books and in 1987 she was appointed to the Economic and Social Research Council s Behaviour and Human Development Group and in the same year was appointed to the editorial board of the journal Sociology 2 3 Burgoyne remained at Sheffield Polytechnic for the rest of her academic career before dying of ovarian cancer on 10 January 1988 1 2 She was the dedicatee of a posthumous festschrift edited by David Clark Marriage Domestic Life and Social Change 1991 After her death Sheffield Polytechnic founded a memorial collection in their library for Burgoyne and established an annual memorial lecture series 4 Research editBurgoyne s sociological research began with a study of books and reading before moving on to families divorce and remarriage 2 A major aspect of her research in the late 1970s and early 1980s focused on stepfamilies and the children of divorced parents who married again which had largely been studied from a psychological or therapeutic and thus individual focused perspective up to that time instead her lengthy interviews revealed that the impact of divorce and marital failure was both a private and a public experience related to effects on employment finance and legal proceedings Interviewees frequently included accounts of these interactions in discussions about their marital history and the development of step families often divorced parents who remarried found their situation frustrated by continuities from their previous marriage relating to issues such as child custody or maintenance and complications when trying to establish a new family 3 As David Clark who collaborated with Burgoyne on the project later recalled It was these issues which constituted the main agenda for her intellectual interests and which constantly brought her back to key themes public private structure process outer inner biography history 3 Her research also focused on the gender dynamics of family life and on the psychodynamics of families and family counselling on cohabitation researched with Paul Wild and divorce which she studied with Martin Richards and Sir Roger Ormrod by borrowing ideas from sociology psychology and law As Sheffield s steel industry disappeared in the 1980s she also worked with Nick Forster to study the effects of unemployment on families and towards the end of her life became interested in women working in management roles 5 Selected publications edit Co authored with Peter H Mann Books and Reading Andre Deutsch 1969 What Are We Doing to The Children BBC Publications 1982 Co authored with David Clark Making a Go of It A Study of Step Families in Sheffield Routledge and Kegan Paul 1984 Breaking Even Divorce Your Children and You Penguin 1984 Co authored with Sir Roger Ormrod and Martin Richards Divorce Matters Penguin 1987 References edit a b David Clark A researcher s life in David Clark ed Marriage Domestic Life and Social Change Writings for Jacqueline Burgoyne 1944 88 London Routledge 1991 pp xi xii a b c Obituary Jacqueline Burgoyne The Guardian 17 February 1988 p 39 a b c Clark p xv Clark p xvi Clark pp xiv xv Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jacqueline Burgoyne amp oldid 1006550718, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
