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In their personal lives, people consider it essential to separate economics and intimacy. We have, for example, a long-standing taboo against workplace romance, while we see marital love as different from prostitution because it is not a fundamentally financial exchange. In The Purchase of Intimacy,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Zelizer, Viviana A. Rotman
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2005.
Subjects:
Couples > Finance, Personal.
Interpersonal relations > Economic aspects.
Financial security.
Couples > Finances personnelles.
Relations humaines > Aspect économique.
Sécurité financière.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Personal Finance > Money Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Personal Finance > Budgeting.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
Couples > Finance, Personal
Financial security
Partnerrelaties.
Interpersoonlijke relaties.
Intimiteit.
Economische aspecten.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In their personal lives, people consider it essential to separate economics and intimacy. We have, for example, a long-standing taboo against workplace romance, while we see marital love as different from prostitution because it is not a fundamentally financial exchange. In The Purchase of Intimacy, Viviana Zelizer mounts a provocative challenge to this view. Getting to the heart of one of life's greatest taboos, she shows how we all use economic activity to create, maintain, and renegotiate important ties--especially intimate ties--to other people. In everyday life, we invest intense effort a.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 356 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-345) and index.
ISBN:9781400826759
1400826756

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