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The purchase of intimacy /

0691124086 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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The purchase of intimacy /

[Book]

Viviana A. Zelizer

Princeton, N.J. :

Princeton University Press,

c2005

xi, 356 p. :

ill. ;

25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-345) and index

Encounters of intimacy and economy -- Intimacy in law -- Coupling -- Caring relations -- Household commerce -- Intimate revelations

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"In their personal lives, people consider it essential to separate economics and intimacy. We have, for example, a long-standing taboo against workplace romance, while we see marital love as different from prostitution because it is not a fundamentally financial exchange. In The Purchase of Intimacy, Viviana Zelizer mounts a challenge to this view. Getting to the heart of one of life's greatest taboos, she shows how we all use economic activity to create, maintain, and renegotiate important ties - especially intimate ties - to other people." "Through a host of examples, Zelizer shows us why price is central to three key areas of intimacy: sexually tinged relations; health care by family members, friends, and professionals; and household economics. She draws both on research and materials ranging from reports on compensation to survivors of 9/11 victims to financial management Web sites and advice books for same-sex couples."--BOOK JACKET

Couples-- Finance, Personal

Financial security

Interpersonal relations-- Economic aspects

Zelizer, Viviana A. Rotman

20050808083242.0

[Book]

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