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Relating intimacies : power and resistance / edited by Julie Seymour, Paul Bagguley.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Explorations in sociology ; v. 57.
- Explorations in sociology ; v. 57
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Interpersonal relations--Great Britain.
- Interpersonal relations.
- Interpersonal conflict--Great Britain.
- Interpersonal conflict.
- Intimacy (Psychology).
- Families--Great Britain.
- Families.
- Same-sex marriage.
- Great Britain.
- Marriage--Great Britain.
- Marriage.
- Same-sex marriage--Great Britain.
- Work and family--Great Britain.
- Work and family.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 299 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 1999.
- Summary:
- Relating Intimacies is a collection of papers which examine the form and content of a range of relationships including heterosexual, same sex, parental (and step-parental), kin and intergenerational associations. Drawing on work both by established writers and new voices in the area, it examines the processes in intimate relationships whereby latent power both becomes visible and may be resisted. The chapters in the first part of this volume consider the formation of intimate relationships - the ways in which they are constructed and reconstructed to accommodate changes in the life-course. The second part of the book examines the impact and influence of the state and legislation on intimacy. The remaining chapters are devoted to the manner in which power and resistance are made explicit in the everyday interactions of intimates. The book will contribute to contemporary debates on relationships, identity, citizenship, violence, moral panics and negotiations.
- Contents:
- 1 Relating Intimacies: Power and Resistance / Julie Seymour, Paul Bagguley 1
- Part I Constructing and Reconstructing Intimate Relationships
- 2 Shifting Boundaries and Power in the Research Process: the Example of Researching 'Step-Families' / Rosalind Edwards, Jane Ribbens with Val Gillies 13
- 3 Partnership Rites: Commitment and Ritual in Non-Heterosexual Relationships / Jeffrey Weeks, Brian Heaphy, Catherine Donovan 43
- 4 Children Need but Mothers Only Want: the Power of 'Needs Talk' in the Constitution of Childhood / Steph Lawler 64
- Part II Regulating Intimacy: the Role of State Legislation in Intimate Relationships
- 5 The Age of Consent and Sexual Citizenship in the United Kingdom: a History / Matthew Waites 91
- 6 'I Hadn't Really Thought About it': New Identities/New Fatherhoods / Carol Smart, Bren Neale 118
- 7 State Power, Children's Autonomy and Resistance: the Juridical Context / Carole Smith 142
- Part III Power and Resistance in Intimate Relationships
- 8 'That's Farming, Rosie ...': Power and Familial Relations in an Agricultural Community / Pia Christensen, Jenny Hockey, Allison James 171
- 9 What Difference Does 'Difference' Make? Lesbian Experience of Work and Family Life / Gillian A. Dunne 189
- 10 Sex, Money and the Kitchen Sink: Power in Same-Sex Couple Relationships / Brian Heaphy, Catherine Donovan, Jeffrey Weeks 222
- 11 'I Won't Let Her in my Room': Sibling Strategies of Power and Resistance around Computer and Video Games / Sara McNamee 246
- 12 Prostitutes, Ponces and Poncing: Making Sense of Violence / Jo Phoenix 261.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0312221843
- OCLC:
- 40752735
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