Author : Graham Allan
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 33,92 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN :
The latest in the acclaimed Oxford Modern Britain series, Kinship and Friendship in Modern Britain provides a succinct introduction to key aspects of kin and friend relationships in Britain today. Focusing on sociological perspectives, it will be invaluable to students or the general reader interested in fundamental aspects of family and friendship in contemporary British life.
Author : Albrecht Classen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 813 pages
File Size : 30,33 MB
Release : 2011-03-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 3110253984
Although it seems that erotic love generally was the prevailing topic in the medieval world and the Early Modern Age, parallel to this the Ciceronian ideal of friendship also dominated the public discourse, as this collection of essays demonstrates. Following an extensive introduction, the individual contributions explore the functions and the character of friendship from Late Antiquity (Augustine) to the 17th century. They show the spectrum of variety in which this topic appeared ‐ not only in literature, but also in politics and even in painting.
Author : Amit Desai
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 45,1 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781845457310
"Originally presented at a workshop entitled 'The anthropology of friendship', held at the London School of Economics in June 2006"--Acknowledgments.
Author : Naomi Tadmor
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 16,42 MB
Release : 2001-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1139429892
This 2001 book concerns the history of the family in eighteenth-century England. Naomi Tadmor provides an interpretation of concepts of household, family and kinship starting from her analysis of contemporary language (in the diaries of Thomas Turner; in conduct treatises by Samuel Richardson and Eliza Haywood; in three novels, Richardson's Pamela and Clarissa and Haywood's The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless and a variety of other sources). Naomi Tadmor emphasises the importance of the household in constructing notions of the family in the eighteenth century. She uncovers a vibrant language of kinship which recasts our understanding of kinship ties in the period. She also shows how strong ties of 'friendship' formed vital social, economic and political networks among kin and non-kin. Family and Friends in Eighteenth-Century England makes a substantial contribution to eighteenth-century history, and will be of value to all historians and literary scholars of the period.
Author : Barbara Caine
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 15,56 MB
Release : 2014-09-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1317545605
There has been an increasing interest in the meaning and importance of friendship in recent years, particularly in the West. However, the history of friendship, and the ways in which it has changed over time, have rarely been examined. Friendship: A History traces the development of friendship in Europe from the Hellenistic period to today. The book brings together a range of essays that examine the language of friendship and its significance in terms of ethics, social institutions, religious organizations and political alliances. The essays study the works of classical and contemporary authors to explore the role of friendship in Western philosophy. Ranging from renaissance friendships to Christian and secular friendships and from women’s writing to the role of class and sex in friendships, Friendship: A History will be invaluable to students and scholars of social history.
Author : Samantha Punch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 14,42 MB
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1134923880
This book challenges the current state of childhood studies by exploring children and young people’s agency and relationships. It considers how recent theorisations of relationships and relational processes can move childhood studies forward, particularly in relation to re-thinking claims of children and young people’s agency and uncritical assertions around children and young people’s participation and voice. It does this by bringing together case studies of children’s inter-generational and intra-generational relationships from both the Majority and Minority Worlds. The main themes include negotiated power, agency across contexts and negotiations of identity. The chapters show both the heritage of childhood studies, particularly within the UK, and where it may be going. One of the key aims of the book is to add to the limited but growing cross-world dialogue that encourages cross-cultural learning from research and practice in both Majority and Minority World contexts leading towards a more integrated global approach to childhood studies. This book was published as a special issue of Children's Geographies.
Author : Peregrine Horden
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 33,93 MB
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1134831919
The care of the needy and the sick is delivered by various groups including immediate family, the wider community, religious organisations and the State funded institutions. The Locus of Care provides an historical perspective on welfare detailing who carers were in the past, where care was provided, and how far the boundary between family and state or informal and organised institutions have changed over time. Eleven international contributors provide a wide-ranging examination of themes, such as child care, mental health, and provision for the elderly and question the idea that there has been a recent evolutionary shift from informal provision to institutional care. Chapters on Europe and England use case studies and link evidence from ancient and medieval periods to contemporary problems and the recent past, whilst studies on China and South Africa look to the future of welfare throughout the world. By placing welfare in its historical, social, cultural and demographic contexts, Locus of Care reassesses community and institutional care and the future expectations of welfare provision.
Author : J. Brownlie
Publisher : Springer
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 36,11 MB
Release : 2014-08-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1137318767
Recent theorizing tends to position ordinary relationships as something we have lost, yet the nature of these relationships is not seriously engaged with. Drawing on rich empirical data, this book questions epochal claims about contemporary emotional lives, setting out to be explicit about the nature of ordinary relationships.
Author : Miriam Bernard
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 25,20 MB
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1134627440
Family life has changed rapidly over te past fifty years and the number of people living longer increases year on year Family and Community Life of Older People revisits three areas (Bethnal Green in London, Wolverhampton in the Midlands and Woodford in Essex) which were the subject of classic studies in the late 1940s and 1950s and explores changes to the family and community lives of older people. The book examines issues such as: *changes in household composition *changes in the geographical proximity of kin and relatives *the extent and type of help provided by the family *contact and relationships with neighbours *relationships with friends *involvement in social and leisure activities *experiences of minority ethnic groups. These questions are explored through a unique set of data including census material, and survey data from interviews with over 600 older people. A key finding is that over the past 50 years we have moved from an old age experienced within the context of the family group to one shaped by personal communities in which friends may feature as significantly as immediate kin and relatives. Family and Community Life of Older People is a major contribution to the sociology of the family, of ageing, and of urban life and points up the social policy issues for an ageing society.
Author : Rebecca G. Adams
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 12,13 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780521585897
A unique collection bridging social psychological and social structural research to advance understanding of friendship.
