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Ordinary Relationships

A Sociological Study of Emotions, Reflexivity and Culture

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  • © 2014

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  1. Julie Brownlie

    1. University of Edinburgh, UK

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction: The Death of Ordinary Relationships?

    1. Introduction: The Death of Ordinary Relationships?

      • Julie Brownlie
      Pages 1-6

  4. Part II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67
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    2. ‘It’s Good to Talk’ and Other Stories

      • Julie Brownlie
      Pages 69-105

    3. Look Who’s Listening

      • Julie Brownlie
      Pages 106-128

  5. Part III

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129
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    2. The Practice of Being There

      • Julie Brownlie
      Pages 131-149

    3. Seizing the Spinning Top: Reflexivity in Practice

      • Julie Brownlie
      Pages 150-174

    4. Living in the Second World

      • Julie Brownlie
      Pages 175-192

    5. On Not Telling Our Sad Stories: Where Have All the Vulnerable People Gone?

      • Julie Brownlie
      Pages 193-220

    6. Conclusion: Having Our Heads Turned by the Ordinary

      • Julie Brownlie
      Pages 221-223

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 224-258
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Recent theorizing tends to position ordinary relationships as something we have lost, yet the nature of these relationships is not seriously engaged with. Drawing on rich empirical data, this book questions epochal claims about contemporary emotional lives, setting out to be explicit about the nature of ordinary relationships.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Edinburgh, UK

    Julie Brownlie

About the author

Julie Brownlie is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Her previous publications include the co-edited collection Researching Trust and Health.

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