Ordinary Relationships

A Sociological Study of Emotions, Reflexivity and Culture
2014
ISBN: 978-0-230-34660-4
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 258 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 4434 g

Reihe: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life

Recent theorizing tends to position ordinary relationships as something we have lost, yet the nature of these relationships is not seriously engaged with. Drawing on rich empirical data, this book questions epochal claims about contemporary emotional lives, setting out to be explicit about the nature of ordinary relationships.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brownlie, J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie Emotion, Motivation, Handlung
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. What We Talk About When We Talk About Emotions Culture: The Role of Culture, Reflexivity and Emotions 2. About Distances: Researching Emotional Lives 3. 'It's Good to Talk' and Other Stories 4. Look Who's Listening 5. The Practice of Being There 6. Seizing the Spinning Top: Reflexivity in Practice 7. Living in the Second World 8. On Not Telling our Sad Stories: Where Have All the Vulnerable People Gone? 9. Conclusion: Having our Heads Turned by the Ordinary

Über Autor(innen)

Julie Brownlie is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Her previous publications include the co-edited collection .