Modern Couples by Jenny van Hooff PAPERBACK 9781138610934

Name: Modern Couples by Jenny van Hooff PAPERBACK 9781138610934
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Taylor & Francis Ltd

About this Item\n\nThe item is a book Paperback\nThe Author Name is Jenny van Hooff\nThe Title is Modern Couples : Continuity and Change in Heterosexual Relationships\n\nCondition New\n\nOther Comments\nNew Store Stock\nCategory - Social Science\n\nProduct Description -\nHave heterosexual relationships become more intimate and equal over the past forty years Simply put, this is the central question underpinning this book. Within the context of late modern social processes, including most notably individualization and detraditionalization, authors such as Giddens, Beck and Beck-Gernsheim, and Bauman have come to focus on a posited transformation of personal relationships. This has culminated in a sociological debate over the nature of contemporary relationships, with proponents of change celebrating the emergence of an intimacy based on personal satisfaction rather than traditional obligations. Detractors reject this interpretation and instead lament what they consider to be the dest6