03838nam 2200685 a 450 99619883650331620200520144314.097866121577901-282-15779-51-4008-2675-60-691-12408-610.1515/9781400826759(CKB)2560000000324402(EBL)457949(OCoLC)438735618(SSID)ssj0000230758(PQKBManifestationID)11198662(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000230758(PQKBWorkID)10198365(PQKB)10543832(MdBmJHUP)muse36341(DE-B1597)446467(OCoLC)979631814(DE-B1597)9781400826759(Au-PeEL)EBL457949(CaPaEBR)ebr10312512(CaONFJC)MIL215779(MiAaPQ)EBC457949(EXLCZ)99256000000032440220050322d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe purchase of intimacy[electronic resource] /Viviana A. ZelizerCourse BookPrinceton, N.J. Princeton University Pressc20051 online resource (368 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-691-13063-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-345) and index. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Chapter 1. Encounters of Intimacy and Economy -- Chapter 2. Intimacy in Law -- Chapter 3. Coupling -- Chapter 4. Caring Relations -- Chapter 5. Household Commerce -- Chapter 6. Intimate Revelations -- References -- IndexIn 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 provocative 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. In everyday life, we invest intense effort and worry to strike the right balance. For example, when a wife's income equals or surpasses her husband's, how much more time should the man devote to household chores or child care? Sometimes legal disputes arise. Should the surviving partner in a same-sex relationship have received compensation for a partner's death as a result of 9/11? Through a host of compelling 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. From the bedroom to the courtroom, The Purchase of Intimacy opens a fascinating new window on the inner workings of the economic processes that pervade our private lives.CouplesFinance, PersonalInterpersonal relationsEconomic aspectsFinancial securityCouplesFinance, Personal.Interpersonal relationsEconomic aspects.Financial security.332.024/01/086577.63bclZelizer Viviana A. Rotman510143MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996198836503316Purchase of intimacy1771269UNISA