| The Tenacity of the Couple-Norm: Intimate citizenship regimes in a changing Europe Contributor(s): Roseneil, Sasha (Author), Crowhurst, Isabel (Author), Hellesund, Tone (Author) |
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ISBN: 1787358917 ISBN-13: 9781787358911 Publisher: UCL Press OUR PRICE: $74.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family - Social Science | Gender Studies - Social Science | Lgbt Studies - Transgender Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.4" W x 9.1" (1.35 lbs) 306 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Despite changes and challenges, coupledom has long been constructed as the normal, natural, and superior way of being an adult. The Tenacity of the Couple-Norm offers an anatomical dissection of the concept--an analysis of its structure, organization, and internal workings. It explores how the couple-norm is lived and experienced, how it has evolved and mutated, and how it varies among places and social groups. In doing so, the book provides an analysis of changing intimate citizenship regimes in Europe and makes a major intervention in understandings of the contemporary condition of personal life. The Tenacity of the Couple-Norm makes an important contribution to literature on citizenship, intimacy, family life, and social change in sociology, social policy, socio-legal studies, gender/sexuality/queer studies, and psychosocial studies. |
