Distance Relationships

Intimacy and Emotions Amongst Academics and their Partners In Dual-Locations

Mary Holmes (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

212 Seiten

2014 | 1st ed. 2014
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-43443-5 (ISBN)

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Drawing on interviews with UK couples in distance relationships, this book seeks to explain, evaluate and advance sociological debates about intimate life. It provides a rich and human perspective on how bodies, emotions and connections to others are key in maintaining intimate relationships.

Mary Holmes is a Senior Lecturer at the Sociology Department of the University of Edinburgh, UK. She co-authored Heterosexuality in Theory and Practice (2012) with Chris Beasley and Heather Brook. Her other books include Gender and Everyday Life (2009) and What is Gender? (2007).

1. Introduction 2. Theorising Distance Relationships 3. Investigating Experiences of Academic-Oriented Distance Relating 4. A Story of Complexity in a Distance Relationship 5. Changing Global Contexts 6. Relationality and Normativity: How Relationships are Made in Interaction 7. Emotional Reflexivity in Intimate Life 8. Conclusion Postscript

Erscheinungsdatum	13.05.2016
Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life
Zusatzinfo	X, 212 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
Schlagworte	Distance relationships • emotional reflexivity • Emotions • intimacy • LATs • Relationality • Symbolic Interactionism
ISBN-10	1-349-43443-4 / 1349434434
ISBN-13	978-1-349-43443-5 / 9781349434435
Zustand	Neuware