Overview

Despite changes and challenges, coupledom has long been constructed as the normal, natural, and superior way of being an adult. The Tenacity of the Couple-Norm offers an anatomical dissection of the concept—an analysis of its structure, organization, and internal workings. It explores how the couple-norm is lived and experienced, how it has evolved and mutated, and how it varies among places and social groups. In doing so, the book provides an analysis of changing intimate citizenship regimes in Europe and makes a major intervention in understandings of the contemporary condition of personal life.   The Tenacity of the Couple-Norm makes an important contribution to literature on citizenship, intimacy, family life, and social change in sociology, social policy, socio-legal studies, gender/sexuality/queer studies, and psychosocial studies.  

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Author:   Sasha Roseneil ,  Isabel Crowhurst ,  Tone Hellesund ,  Ana Cristina Santos
Publisher:   UCL Press
Imprint:   UCL Press
Weight:   0.440kg
ISBN:  

9781787358904

ISBN 10:   1787358909
Pages:   306
Publication Date:   05 November 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part I: Identifying the Couple-Norm 1. Introduction 2. Questioning the couple-form 3. Approach and core concepts Part II: Couple-Normativity in European Intimate Citizenship Regimes 4. Overview of couple-normativity in European intimate citizenship regimes 5. The United Kingdom intimate citizenship regime 6. The Bulgarian intimate citizenship regime 7. The Norwegian intimate citizenship regime 8. The Portuguese intimate citizenship regime Part III: Case Studies in Living with and against the Couple-Norm 9. Interviewees and methodology 10. Living with and against the couple-norm in London 11. Living with and against the couple-norm in Sofia 12. Living with and against the couple-norm in Oslo 13. Living with and against the couple-norm in Lisbon Part IV: The Tenacity of the Couple-Norm 14. Understanding the tenacity of the couple-norm 15. Imagining intimate citizenship beyond the couple-norm Part V: Methodological Appendix Bibliography Index

Reviews

"""Innovative …accessible. . . . potential to inform policy-making. . . . will undoubtedly contribute to future scholarship"" * European Journal of Women’s Studies * ""An invaluable work."" * London School of Economics (LSE) Blog * ""In an important new book, The Tenacity of the Couple-Norm. . . .  Sasha Roseneil, Isabel Crowhurst, Tone Hellesund, Ana Cristina Santos, and Mariya Stoilova studied laws and policies relevant to coupling in each nation, and how they changed over time. They also looked at the role of social movements in effecting social change. They interviewed, at length, 67 people who were not living a conventionally coupled life, all from the capital cities of the four countries."" * Bella de Paula *"

Innovative ...accessible. . . . potential to inform policy-making. . . . will undoubtedly contribute to future scholarship * European Journal of Women's Studies * An invaluable work. * London School of Economics (LSE) Blog * In an important new book, The Tenacity of the Couple-Norm. . . . Sasha Roseneil, Isabel Crowhurst, Tone Hellesund, Ana Cristina Santos, and Mariya Stoilova studied laws and policies relevant to coupling in each nation, and how they changed over time. They also looked at the role of social movements in effecting social change. They interviewed, at length, 67 people who were not living a conventionally coupled life, all from the capital cities of the four countries. * Bella de Paula *

Author Information

Sasha Roseneil is Professor of Interdisciplinary Social Science in the Institute of Advanced Studies and Dean of the Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences at UCL. Isabel Crowhurst is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Essex. Tone Hellesund is Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of Bergen, Norway. Ana Cristina Santos is Senior Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, Portugal. Mariya Stoilova holds a postdoctoral research position at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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