Distance Relationships [electronic resource] : Intimacy and Emotions Amongst Academics and their Partners In Dual-Locations /
Holmes, Mary.author.
Drawing on interviews with UK couples in distance relationships, this book seeks to explain, evaluate and advance sociological debates about intimate life. It provides a rich and human perspective on how bodies, emotions and connections to others are key in maintaining intimate relationships.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Theorising Distance Relationships; 3 Investigating Experiences of Academic-Oriented Distance Relating; 4 A Story of Complexity in a Distance Relationship; 5 Changing Global Contexts; 6 Relationality and Normativity: How Relationships Are Made in Interaction; 7 Emotional Reflexivity in Intimate Life; Conclusion; Postscript; Notes; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Drawing on interviews with UK couples in distance relationships, this book seeks to explain, evaluate and advance sociological debates about intimate life. It provides a rich and human perspective on how bodies, emotions and connections to others are key in maintaining intimate relationships.
Sociology.
Personality.
Social psychology.
Families.
Families—Social aspects.
Social groups.
Family.
Psychology.
Developmental psychology.
Gender Studies.
Personality and Social Psychology.
Family.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
Popular Science in Psychology.
Developmental Psychology.