Researching intimacy in families / Jacqui Gabb.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Palgrave Macmillan studies in family and intimate life.
Main Author: Gabb, Jacqui, 1963-
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Series:Palgrave Macmillan studies in family and intimate life.
Subjects:
Intimacy (Psychology)
Families > Psychological aspects.
Physical Description:x, 211 pages ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Structure and outline
  • Behind closed doors : the project and empirical data
  • Troubling terminology
  • Researching families and childhood
  • Family studies
  • Childhood research
  • Researching sensitive topics
  • Ethical issues in families research
  • Methodological approaches and family research methods
  • National surveys and longitudinal research
  • Longitudinal research and studies of lifecourse
  • Narrative inquiry and auto/biographical approaches
  • Qualitative research
  • Framing research and analysing data
  • Conceptualisations of intimacy
  • Intimacy and affective function
  • The detraditionalisation of intimacy
  • Embodied intimacy
  • Intimate citizenship
  • Mapping intimacy in families
  • Affective transformations
  • The structuring of affective ties
  • Intimate practices
  • The affect of methods
  • Representing family life
  • Biographical narrative interviews
  • Public scenarios and private lives
  • Conclusion
  • Future research
  • Mixing methods : a family portrait
  • The boundaries of intimacy
  • Empirical complexities and conflicting narratives.