ISBN:
9781137434432
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (164 pages)
Series Statement:
Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life
Series Statement:
Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life Ser.
Parallel Title:
Gabb, Jacqui, 1963 - Couple relationships in the 21st century
Parallel Title:
Print version Gabb, J Couple Relationships in the 21st Century
DDC:
300
Keywords:
Interpersonal relations
;
Sociology
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Zweierbeziehung
;
Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung
;
Geschichte 2000-2015
Abstract:
Who and how we love may be changing but our desire to be in a relationship endures. This book presents an incisive account of how couples experience, understand and sustain long-term relationships, exploring the emotional, practical and biographical resources that couples draw on, across the life course.
Abstract:
"Cover" -- "Title" -- "Copyright" -- "Contents" -- "List of Figures" -- "Acknowledgements" -- "Series Editorsâ Preface" -- "1 Introduction" -- "Researching couple relationships" -- "Demographic and policy contexts" -- "Academic contexts" -- "Socio-cultural contexts" -- "Couple practices" -- "The book" -- "2 Relationship Work" -- "Gifts and thoughtful gestures" -- "Household chores and childcare" -- "Cooking" -- "Couple time" -- "Home comforts" -- "3 Communication" -- "Talking and listening" -- "Relating to each other" -- "Online and off-track" -- "Deep knowing, beyond words" -- "Differences, arguments and reflexive bickering" -- "Laughter, humour and banter" -- "The relations of love and loving relations" -- "4 Sex and Intimacy" -- "Engendering intimacy" -- "The in/significance of sex" -- "Sex and parenting" -- "Making space for intimacy" -- "Ageing bodies and relationship duration" -- "5 Unsettling Coupledom" -- "Parenting" -- "Pets" -- "Cultural difference" -- "Non-monogamies" -- "Friends" -- "Couple display" -- "6 Conclusion" -- "Time and the mundane nature of relationship work" -- "The meanings of love in contemporary times" -- "Communication and the importance of home" -- "Conclusion" -- "Appendix 1: Researching Couplesâ Long-Term Relationships" -- "Researching couplesâ long-term relationships" -- "Online survey" -- "Qualitative design and methods" -- "Appendix 2: Tables" -- "References".
Abstract:
Differences, arguments and reflexive bickering -- Laughter, humour and banter -- The relations of love and loving relations -- 4 Sex and Intimacy -- Engendering intimacy -- The in/significance of sex -- Sex and parenting -- Making space for intimacy -- Ageing bodies and relationship duration -- 5 Unsettling Coupledom -- Parenting -- Pets -- Cultural difference -- Non-monogamies -- Friends -- Couple display -- 6 Conclusion -- Time and the mundane nature of relationship work -- The meanings of love in contemporary times
Abstract:
Communication and the importance of home -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Researching Couples' Long-Term Relationships -- Researching couples' long-term relationships -- Online survey -- Qualitative design and methods -- Appendix 2: Tables -- References -- Index
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