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Identity and repartnering after separation / Richard Lampard and Kay Peggs.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007Description: vii, 255 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1403939349
  • 9781403939340
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.84 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ801 .L278 2007
Contents:
Introduction -- Methods and methodology -- Theorizing contemporary intimate couple relationships and relationship histories -- The formerly married and former cohabitees : their lives, characteristics and repartnering behaviour -- Past, present and future : orientations towards repartnering -- 'Risk', emotions and choice in the lives of formerly partnered men and women -- Identity and intimacy in the lives of formerly partnered men and women -- The formerly partnered and repartnering in contemporary Britain.
Summary: "This book examines the lives of formerly married and previously cohabiting people, a group pivotal to contemporary marital and family change. It focuses on their diverse experiences of being 'single', views about future relationships, and senses of self in a couple-orientated society like Britain, paying due attention to the interplay between social context, identity and behaviour. The content interweaves findings from in-depth interviews, recent theoretical ideas relating to themes such as intimacy, emotions and decision-making, and demographic analyses of repartnering."--Publisher description.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 306.84 LAM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A377364B

Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-240) and index.

Introduction -- Methods and methodology -- Theorizing contemporary intimate couple relationships and relationship histories -- The formerly married and former cohabitees : their lives, characteristics and repartnering behaviour -- Past, present and future : orientations towards repartnering -- 'Risk', emotions and choice in the lives of formerly partnered men and women -- Identity and intimacy in the lives of formerly partnered men and women -- The formerly partnered and repartnering in contemporary Britain.

"This book examines the lives of formerly married and previously cohabiting people, a group pivotal to contemporary marital and family change. It focuses on their diverse experiences of being 'single', views about future relationships, and senses of self in a couple-orientated society like Britain, paying due attention to the interplay between social context, identity and behaviour. The content interweaves findings from in-depth interviews, recent theoretical ideas relating to themes such as intimacy, emotions and decision-making, and demographic analyses of repartnering."--Publisher description.

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