A Sociology of Friendship and Kinship

Originally published in 1979, this was the first text to be concerned explicitly with the analysis of forms of kin and non-kin sociability. Its aim was to compare and contrast the different ways in which sociability was patterned in modern life at the time.

Autorentext
Graham A. Allan

Inhalt

Preface. 1. Introduction 2. Ways of Seeing 3. The Selden Hey Study 4. The Nature of Friendship and Kinship 5. Middle-Class Sociability 6. Working-Class Sociability 7. Sociability with Kin 8. The Structure of Sociability 9. Conclusion. Appendix: Social Class and Patterns of Sociability. Bibliography. Index.