The Tenacity of the Couple-Norm: Intimate Citizenship Regimes in a Changing Europe

Roseneil, Sasha/ Crowhurst, Isabel/ Hellesund, Tone/ Santos, Ana Cristina/ Stoilova, Mariya

ISBN 10: 1787358909 / ISBN 13: 9781787358904

Published by UCL Press, 2021

290 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # zk1787358909

Synopsis:

Despite changes and challenges, coupledom has long been constructed as the normal, natural, and superior way of being an adult. The Tenacity of the Couple-Norm offers an anatomical dissection of the concept—an analysis of its structure, organization, and internal workings. It explores how the couple-norm is lived and experienced, how it has evolved and mutated, and how it varies among places and social groups. In doing so, the book provides an analysis of changing intimate citizenship regimes in Europe and makes a major intervention in understandings of the contemporary condition of personal life.
 
The Tenacity of the Couple-Norm makes an important contribution to literature on citizenship, intimacy, family life, and social change in sociology, social policy, socio-legal studies, gender/sexuality/queer studies, and psychosocial studies.
 

About the Authors: Sasha Roseneil is professor of interdisciplinary social science in the Institute of Advanced Studies and Dean of the Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences, UCL.

Isabel Crowhurst is a senior lecturer in sociology at the University of Essex.

Tone Hellesund is a professor of cultural studies at University of Bergen, Norway.

Ana Cristina Santos is a senior researcher at University of Coimbra, Portugal.

Mariya Stoilova holds a postdoctoral research position at the London School of Economics.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Tenacity of the Couple-Norm: Intimate ...
Publisher: UCL Press
Publication Date: 2021
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Brand New