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Living Alone: Globalization, Identity and Belonging (Palgrave MacMillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life)
Jamieson, Lynn, Simpson, Roona
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Description for Living Alone: Globalization, Identity and Belonging (Palgrave MacMillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life)
Hardcover. Exploring the growing global trend of solo living, this highly original study addresses core debates about contemporary social change in the context of globalization, including individualization and connection, the future of family formation, consumption and identities, belonging and 'community', living arrangements and sustainability. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
Exploring the growing global trend of solo living, this highly original study addresses core debates about contemporary social change in the context of globalization, including individualization and connection, the future of family formation, consumption and identities, belonging and 'community', living arrangements and sustainability.
Exploring the growing global trend of solo living, this highly original study addresses core debates about contemporary social change in the context of globalization, including individualization and connection, the future of family formation, consumption and identities, belonging and 'community', living arrangements and sustainability.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life
Number of Pages
305
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230271920
SKU
V9780230271920
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Ref
99-15
About Jamieson, Lynn, Simpson, Roona
Author Lynn Jamieson: Lynn Jamieson is Professor of Families and Relationships at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and is a founding director of the interdisciplinary consortium, Centre for Research on Families and Relationships. Her publications include a second edition of Intimacy: Personal Relationships in Modern Societies.
Reviews for Living Alone: Globalization, Identity and Belonging (Palgrave MacMillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life)
"Living Alone sets out to investigate the rising incidence of solo-living against a background of research on households that assumes the multi-person household as a unit of analysis. Furthermore, it aims to challenge and deconstruct normative assumptions about solo-living narrating the diverse trajectories, lived experiences and biographies of those living alone. By locating this within broader sociological theories concerned on ... Read more