Intimacy by Lynn Jamieson

Intimacy by Lynn Jamieson

Are personal relationships deeper and more intimate than ever before or are they increasingly empty and structured by selfish individualism? This exciting new book examines the question in a wide-ranging discussion of the nature of intimacy, focusing on key relationships between parents and children, families, sexual partners, couples and friends.

"Jamieson's analysis throughout is lucid and stimulating, enlivened by apt illustrations from her case studies, including some derived from her own researchThe study of intimacy is clearly going to be a developing field and students who are attracted to courses in this new area will be fortunate to have Jamieson's text as a guide through the growing literature, relevant theories and competing claims." David Morgan, University of Manchester

"Starts like a textbook and ends like a thriller. Lynn Jamieson sets out clearly the modern theories of personal life. Then she digs out the facts - on friendships, child rearing, families, sexuality - and confronts them. The results are sometimes surprising, and always convincing." R. W. Connell, University of Sydney

"Draw[s] on, and contribute[s] to, sociology's newly enlarged sensitivity to the forms of private life and personal experience ... Jamieson's book is strikingly evidence-based." The Times Higher Education Supplement

"Researchers and teachers in the area of personal relationships will encounter valuable new ideas and sources in this book ... good summaries of valuable qualitative studies by scholars from Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand." Contemporary Sociology

"Finding a monograph that is important reading for scholars, graduate students, and upper division undergraduates is unusual. Jamieson's book is important for all three audiences" Alan C. Acock, Oregon State University, Journal of Marriage and the Family.

Lynn Jamieson is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Edinburgh.

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ISBN 13	9780745615745
ISBN 10	0745615740
Title	Intimacy
Author	Lynn Jamieson
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Year published	1997-12-18
Number of pages	224
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