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Exploring our own personal life can help us to fully understand broad sociological concepts. This book shows how we can connect our everyday lives and relationships with social ideas. From sexual behaviour to consumption patterns, this book offers wide coverage alongside specific examples to develop the student reader's sociological imagination. Zusammenfassung What can Sociology tell us about our personal lives! families and intimate relationships? Each chapter explores a familiar topic that illustrates how individual relationships and lives can be shaped by social contexts! and how personal choices shape the wider social world. Introducing a Sociology of Personal Life; V.May Conceptualising the Personal; D.Morgan Personal life in the Past; W.Bottero Close Relationships and Personal Life; C.Smart 'Marriage' and the Personal Life of Same Sex Couples; A.Einarsdottir What It Means to be Related; J.Mason Friendship and Personal Life; K.Davies Pets and Personal Life; B.Tipper Children's Personal Lives; C.Smart Personal Life in Public Spaces; V.May Are We Running Out of Time?; D.Southerton Consumer Culture and Personal Life; D.Southerton Personal Life and Politics; G.Edwards Researching Personal Life; V.May Conclusion: Why a Sociology of Personal Life?; V.May Glossary
