The purchase of intimacy
by Viviana A. Rotman Zelizer
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"In 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 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." "Through a host of 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."--Jacket.
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Couples, Economic aspects, Economic aspects of Interpersonal relations, Finance, Personal, Financial security, Interpersonal relations, Personal Finance, Couples -- Finance, Personal., Interpersonal relations -- Economic aspects., Financial security., Finances personnelles, Relations humaines, Aspect économique, Sécurité financière, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS, Money Management, Budgeting, Economics, General, Partnerrelaties, Interpersoonlijke relaties, Intimiteit, Economische aspecten| Edition | Availability |
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