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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
Main Author: Zelizer, Viviana A. Rotman
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2005.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Economische aspecten.
Intimiteit.
Interpersoonlijke relaties.
Partnerrelaties.
Financial security.
Couples > Finance, Personal.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Personal Finance > Budgeting.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Personal Finance > Money Management.
Securite financiere.
Relations humaines > Aspect economique.
Couples > Finances personnelles.
Interpersonal relations > Economic aspects.
Electronic books.
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 (368 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781400826759

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