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Everyday Friendships: Intimacy as Freedom in a Complex World (Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life) - Hardcover

Book 31 of 77: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life

Blatterer, H.

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9780230272521: Everyday Friendships: Intimacy as Freedom in a Complex World (Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life)
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ISBN 10: 0230272525 ISBN 13: 9780230272521
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

Synopsis

This book conceptualises the lived experience of intimacy in a world in which the terms and conditions of love and friendship are increasingly unclear. It shows that the analysis of the 'small world' of dyads can give important clues about society and its gendered makeup.

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About the Author

Harry Blatterer is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Macquarie University, Australia. His previous book publications include Coming of Age in Times of Uncertainty (2009), and Modern Privacy: Shifting Boundaries, New Forms (2010), co-edited with Maria Markus and Pauline Johnson.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0230272525
ISBN 13 
9780230272521
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
231
Rating
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