Distance relationships intimacy and emotions amongst academics and their partners in dual-locations

Machine generated contents note: 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...

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1. Verfasser: Holmes, Mary (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Basingstoke u.a. Palgrave Macmillan 2014
Schriftenreihe:Palgrave Macmillan studies in family and intimate life
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Zusammenfassung:Machine generated contents note: 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.
"We tend to imagine that living apart from lovers is painful and unpleasant, but for many couples relating at a distance is not just a difficult or necessary part of their life, but may have its pleasures. This book draws on interviews with UK couples in distance relationships 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"--
Beschreibung:Literaturverz. S. 189 - 205
Beschreibung:X, 212 S.
graph. Darst.
23 cm
ISBN:9781137003867
978-1-137-00386-7