Researching Intimacy in Families

by Gabb, Jacqui

• ISBN13: 9780230248090
• ISBN10: 0230248098
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

An incisive engagement with the subject of intimacy and interpersonal relationships and the methods used to research families and personal life, this book introduces readers to contemporary conceptual and methodological frameworks for understanding intimacy and sexuality in families.

Author Biography

Jacqui Gabb is Lecturer in Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, The Open University, UK.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. x
Foreword	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Structure and Outline	p. 2
Behind Closed Doors: the project and empirical data	p. 3
Troubling terminology	p. 9
Researching Families and Childhood	p. 12
Family studies	p. 13
Childhood research	p. 18
Researching sensitive topics	p. 21
Ethical issues in families research	p. 24
Methodological Approaches and Family Research Methods	p. 29
National surveys and questionnaire research	p. 31
Longitudinal research and studies of lifecourse	p. 34
Narrative inquiry and auto/biographical approaches	p. 37
Qualitative research	p. 39
Framing research and analysing data	p. 57
Conceptualisations of Intimacy	p. 64
Intimacy and affective function	p. 66
The detraditionalisation of intimacy	p. 70
Embodied intimacy	p. 81
Intimate citizenship	p. 88
Mapping Intimacy in Families	p. 97
Affective transformations	p. 99
The structuring of affective ties	p. 108
Intimate practices	p. 119
The Affect of Methods	p. 132
Representing family life	p. 133
Biographical narrative interviews	p. 150
Public scenarios and private lives	p. 154
Conclusion	p. 164
Future research	p. 165
Mixing methods: a family portrait	p. 167
The boundaries of intimacy	p. 169
Empirical complexities and conflicting narratives	p. 173
References	p. 186
Index	p. 207
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