Rethinking friendship : hidden solidarities today /

"Rethinking Friendship not only describes the varied nature of personal relationships today, but also locates friendship in contemporary debates about individualization and the supposed "collapse of community." Exploring friendships with partners and family as well as "friends,&q...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: PRINCETON : PRINCETON UNIV Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Friendship.
Communities.
Community life.
Friends
Amitié.
Communauté.
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
Vriendschap.
Sociale relaties.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The fragmentation of social life?
  • Capturing personal communities
  • The nature of friendship
  • Patterns of friend-making
  • Friends and family : the case for suffusion
  • Personal communities today
  • Micro-social worlds in the making
  • Hidden solidarities revealed
  • Appendix : how we carried out our study.

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