Researching intimacy in families
By: Jacqui Gabb.
Series: Palgrave Macmillan studies in family and intimate life
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
Subjects: Intimacy (Psychology); Family -- Psychological aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Researching families and childhood; title: Family studies; title: Childhood research; title: Researching sensitive topics; title: Ethical issues in families research; title: Methodological frameworks and family research methods; title: Survey and longitudinal research; title: Narrative methodologies; title: Cross-sectional analysis; title: Qualitative methods; title: Conceptualisations of intimacy; title: Intimacy and affective function; title: The de-traditionalisation of intimacy; title: Embodied intimacy; title: Intimate citizenship; title: Mapping intimacy and sexuality in families; title: Affective transformations; title: The structuring of affective ties; title: Intimate practices; title: The affect of methods; title: Representing family life; title: Biographical narrative interviews; title: Public scenarios and private lives; title: Mixing methods: a family portrait; title: The boundaries of intimacy; title: Empirical contrarieties and narrative contradictions; title: Concluding thoughts.