Research Catalog

Title

Relating intimacies : power and resistance / edited by Julie Seymour and Paul Bagguley.

Publication

Houndmills [England] : Macmillan Press ; New York : St. Martin's Press, 1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Seymour, Julie.
• Bagguley, Paul.

Description

xiii, 299 pages; 23 cm

Summary

Examining the development of new forms of intimate relationships, these papers explore their emotional and legal dimensions, the issues of parenting in a changing world and the tensions and negotiations which are managed by the participants.

Series Statement

Explorations in sociology ; 57

Uniform Title

Explorations in sociology ; v. 57.

Subject

• Interpersonal relations > Great Britain
• Interpersonal conflict > Great Britain
• Intimacy (Psychology)
• Families > Great Britain
• Marriage > Great Britain
• Same-sex marriage > Great Britain
• Work and family > Great Britain
• Families
• Interpersonal conflict
• Interpersonal relations
• Marriage
• Same-sex marriage
• Work and family
• Great Britain

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Relating Intimacies: Power and Resistance / Julie Seymour and Paul Bagguley -- pt. 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 and Val Gillies. 3. Partnership Rites: Commitment and Ritual in Non-Heterosexual Relationships / Jeffrey Weeks, Brian Heaphy and Catherine Donovan. 4. Children Need but Mothers Only Want: the Power of 'Needs Talk' in the Constitution of Childhood / Steph Lawler -- pt. 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. 6. 'I Hadn't Really Though About it': New Identities/New Fatherhoods / Carol Smart and Bren Neale. 7. State Power, Children's Autonomy and Resistance: the Juridical Context / Carole Smith -- pt. III. Power and Resistance in Intimate Relationships. 8. 'That's Farming, Rosie ... ': Power and Familial Relations in an Agricultural Community / Pia Christensen, Jenny Hockey and Allison James. 9. What Difference Does 'Difference' Make? Lesbian Experience of Work and Family Life / Gillian A. Dunne. 10. Sex, Money and the Kitchen Sink: Power in Same-Sex Couple Relationships / Brian Heaphy, Catherine Donovan and Jeffrey Weeks. 11.
• 'I Won't Let Her in my Room': Sibling Strategies of Power and Resistance around Computer and Video Games / Sara McNamee. 12. Prostitutes, Ponces and Poncing: Making Sense of Violence / Jo Phoenix.

ISBN

• 0333747631
• 033374764X
• 0312221843
• 9780333747636
• 9780333747643
• 9780312221843

LCCN

99018738

OCLC

• ocm40882774
• 40882774
• SCSB-8796163

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library