Placing Friendship in Context

A unique collection bridging social psychological and social structural research to advance understanding of friendship.

List of contents

1. Contextualising friendship Rebecca G. Adams and Graham Allan; 2. The modernization of friendship: individualism, intimacy, and gender in the nineteenth century Stacey J. Oliker; 3. The gendered contexts of inclusive intimacy: the Hawthorne women at work and home Stephen R. Marks; 4. Friendship and the private sphere Graham Allan; 5. Rich friendships, affluent friendships: middle-class practices of friendship Kaeren Harrison; 6. Women's friendships in a post-modern world Pat O'Connor; 7. Foci of activity as changing contexts of friendship Scott Feld and William C. Carter; 8. The demise of territorial determinism: online friendships Rebecca G. Adams; 9. Reflections on context Graham Allan and Rebecca G. Adams.

Summary

Placing Friendship in Context is a unique collection bridging social psychological and social structural research to advance understanding of this important subject. Leading researchers explore the social and historical contexts in which friendships and other similar informal ties develop and how these shape the form and substance the relationships assume.

Product details

• Assisted by: Rebecca G. Adams (Editor), Graham Allan (Editor), Mark Granovetter (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.12.2015
• EAN: 9780521584562
• ISBN: 978-0-521-58456-2
• No. of pages: 222
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 518 g
• Series: Structural Analysis in the Soc
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Partnership, sexuality; Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories