Varieties of friendship
Subtitle: interdisciplinary perspectives on social relationships
By: Bernadette Descharmes, Eric Anton Heuser, Caroline Krüger, Thomas Loy (eds.).
Series: Freunde, Gönner, Getreue -- Band 1; Freunde, Gönner, Getreue -- Bd. 1.
Publisher: V&R Unipress
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Göttingen
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 395
ISBN-13: 9783899717877
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Political Patronage; Friendship; Social networks; History
Description: English summary: Close relationships that go beyond family ties and kinships have become an interdisciplinary research subject that has received a lot of attention. Variations of social ties such as friendship, patronage and social networks ensue from different historical and cultural contexts and, hence, constitute a significant yet under-represented subject of interdisciplinary research. Questions such as the changing semantics of friendship, historical, intercultural and political practices of friendship, patronage and loyalty were the focus of an international conference for a critical discussion and re-assessment of values and norms that constitute such relationships in different cultures and epochs, as well as the social circumstances that determine them. Aspects of interest included the constitution and representation of the body and gender and the growth of trust and deceit, as well as the culturally and historically different practices and semantics of friendship and patronage and the way they are perceived according to social status and social and historical contexts. The results of the conference are presented in this volume.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.