Friendship Matters: Communication, Dialectics, and the Life Course (Communication and Social Order)

William K. Rawlins

ISBN 10: 0202304043 / ISBN 13: 9780202304045

Published by Aldine De Gruyter, 1992

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320 pages. 9.25x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Friendship Matters: Communication, Dialectics, and the Life Course (Communication and Social Order)
• Publisher: Aldine De Gruyter
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0202304043
• ISBN 13: 9780202304045
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.59 kilograms

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Synopsis

In this volume, Dr. Rawlins traces and investigates the varieties, tensions, and functions of friendship for males and females throughout the life course. Using both conceptual and illustrative chapters, the book portrays the degrees of involvement, choice, risk, ambivalence, and ambiguity within friendships, and explores the emotional texture of interactions among friends. A concluding section examines the prospects for friendship in the course of our post-modern blurring of public and private domains and discursive sites.

About the Author

William Rawlins