Modern couples? continuity and change in heterosexual relationships /

Main Author: Van Hooff, Jenny.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, 2012.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10632266
Table of Contents:
  • Locating the couple in sociological theory
  • Being committed : making the decision to embark on a long-term relationship
  • Money matters : work and finance
  • Justifying inequality : explaining the division of housework
  • Freed from the phallus? sex in relationships
  • What's love got to do with it? doing intimacy
  • Buying into it : leisure, lifestyle and consumption
  • Conclusion.