Family law and the pursuit of intimacy / Milton C. Regan, Jr.
1993
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Author
Title
Family law and the pursuit of intimacy / Milton C. Regan, Jr.
Published
New York : New York University Press, [1993]
Copyright
©1993
Call Number
KF505 .R44 1993
ISBN
081477430X :
Description
ix, 275 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)27012512
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-266) and index.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1
1
The Victorian Construction of Intimacy
6
Victorian Family Law
8
The Concept of the Modern
13
Early Modern Social Life
17
The Forces of Modernization
19
The Family as Haven of Affection
21
Role Identification and the Victorian Family
25
2
The Modern Construction of Intimacy
34
Family Law: From Status to Contract
35
Role Distance and the Authentic Self
42
Role Distance and the Family
46
Self as Consumer
56
3
Postmodern Personal Life
68
The Postmodern Loss of Self
69
Postmodernism and Subjectivity
76
4
Status and Intimacy
89
Status and Reliance
90
Status and the Self
97
5
Status, Contract, and Family Law
118
Family Formation
119
The Ongoing Family
128
Divorce
137
6
Objections
154
Status and Gender
155
Status and Emotion
165
Status and Family Behavior
176
7
Conclusion
185
Notes
189
Bibliography
247
Index
267