Personal life
Subtitle: new directions in sociological thinking
By: Carol Smart
Publisher: Polity; Polity Pr
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780745639161; 9780745639178
Subjects: Family
Description: "[Smart] gives emphasis to ideas of connectedness, relationality and embeddedness ... [H]er approach prioritizes the bond between people, the importance of memory and cultural heritage, the significance of emotions (both positive and negative), how family secrets work and change over time, and the underestimated importance of things such as shared possessions or homes in the maintenance and memory of relationships."--Cover, p.4.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index