The Sexual Bond: Rethinking Families and Close Relationships (Sage Library of Social Research/Vol 170) - Softcover

Polonko, Karen; Teachman, Jay; Thompson, Linda

 
9780803928848: The Sexual Bond: Rethinking Families and Close Relationships (Sage Library of Social Research/Vol 170)
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ISBN 10: 080392884X ISBN 13: 9780803928848
Verlag: SAGE Publications Inc, 1989

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The Sexual Bond addresses different ways of thinking about families, marriages, and close relationships. Maintaining that society has shifted toward new forms of family relationships, the authors contend that family researchers need to go beyond traditional definitions and learn to work in terms of close or primary relationships rather than `families'.

First addressing the rationale for this shift in thinking, they then present their major theoretical assumptions, including their reliance on a dynamic version of systems theory. They then identify the sexually bonded primary relationship, distinguishing it from those based on ties of blood or friendship and discuss how recent changes in definitions of sexuality fit wi

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Verlag
SAGE Publications Inc
Erscheinungsdatum
1989
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
080392884X
ISBN 13 
9780803928848
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Anzahl der Seiten
296
Herausgeber
Scanzoni John
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