Reinventing Couples

Tradition, Agency and Bricolage

AvJulia Carter,Simon Duncan

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

Centrally the authors emphasise the re-traditionalisation involved in de-traditionalisation and the connectedness involved in individualised processes of relationship change. Reinventing Couples will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines including sociology, social work and social policy.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-06-07
Mått:148 x 210 x 14 mm
Vikt:321 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life
Antal sidor:229
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781349954773

Utforska kategorier

Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Julia Carter is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK.Simon Duncan is Emeritus Professor of Comparative Social Policy at the University of Bradford, UK.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction.- 2. Pragmatic tradition: personal life in the 1950s.- 3. Choosing Tradition: getting married.- 4. Inventing tradition: the case of cohabitation.- 5. The leakage of meaning: traditional naming practices.- 6. Differential agency: living apart together.- 7. Individualised conformity: creating a wedding.- 8. Afterword: extending intimacy.