Together Alone Personal Relationships in Public Places

Author/creator White, Cindy, 1965- Editor
Other author Snow, David A. Editor
Other author Morrill, Calvin Editor
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press
Description305 p. ill 09.300 x 06.340 in.
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Summary Annotation Exploring locales such as city streets, bus stops, parking lots, bars, retail establishments, and discussion groups,<i>Together Alone</i>ventures into what is often thought of as the realm of passing strangers to examine the nature of personal relationships conducted in public spaces. While most studies of social interaction have gone behind closed doors to focus on relationships in the family, school, and workplace, this innovative collection pushes the boundaries of the field by analyzing both fleeting and anchored relationships in the seldom-studied communal areas where much of contemporary life takes place. The contributors shed light on the diversity and character of day-to-day negotiations in public spaces and at the same time illuminate how these social ties paradoxically blend aspects of durability and brevity, of emotional closeness and distance, of being together and alone.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2004018526
ISBN9780520245228
ISBN0520245229 (Trade Cloth) Out of Print
Standard identifier# 9780520245228
Stock number00027125

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