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" The purchase of intimacy / "
Viviana A. Zelizer
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BL
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632357
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dltt
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| Main Entry
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Zelizer, Viviana A. Rotman
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The purchase of intimacy /\ Viviana A. Zelizer
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| Publication Statement
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Princeton, N.J. :: Princeton University Press,, c2005
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xi, 356 p. :: ill. ;; 25 cm
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0691124086 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-345) and index
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| Contents
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Encounters of intimacy and economy -- Intimacy in law -- Coupling -- Caring relations -- Household commerce -- Intimate revelations
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| Abstract
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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
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Couples-- Finance, Personal
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Interpersonal relations-- Economic aspects
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Financial security
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| Dewey Classification
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332.024/01/0865
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HG179.Z45 2005
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