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Love Across Class / Rose Butler and Eve Vincent.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Butler, Rose.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Marriage--Australia--Cross-cultural studies.
- Marriage.
- Families--Australia--Cross-cultural studies.
- Families.
- Kinship--Australia--Cross-cultural studies.
- Kinship.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (236 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st edition.
- Other Title:
- Path to Open
- Place of Publication:
- Melbourne : Melbourne University Publishing, 2024.
- Summary:
- What does it mean to partner across class difference? This lucid and original book is the first to explore cross-class relationships in contemporary Australia, a society long-invested in the myth of egalitarianism. Drawing on in-depth interviews with people from a range of class and cultural backgrounds, Love Across Class brings to life the role of class in shaping people's childhoods, as well as the adult lives couples have built together. These stories move between the mundane, the profound and the taboo, as interviewees reckon openly with the pain, pleasure, humour and contradiction that comes with forming a close relationship across class. From escaping one's class background and confronting class dissimilarity, to managing money and negotiating holidays, this book offers rich accounts of personal worlds shared across class as they are lived. Yet not only do those interviewed reflect on the classed dynamics and tensions present in their relationships and family life, they also strive to grasp the concept of class itself. Conversations about class at home ultimately led to scrutiny of other areas of society deeply implicated in class experience in Australia. Education, work, migration and assets are all examined here amid the backdrop of growing inequality. For many, forming a relationship across class brought these stark realities to the fore. This engaging book will stimulate readers to think about class in intimate, emotional and society-wide terms. -- From publisher's website.
- Notes:
- Title from online title page (viewed on September 23, 2024).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-522-88012-6
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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