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Researching Intimacy in Families Jacqui Gabb Researching Intimacy in Families This page intentionally left blank Researching Intimacy in Families Jacqui Gabb LecturerinSociology TheOpenUniversity ©JacquiGabb2008 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2008 978-0-230-52722-5 Allrightsreserved.Noreproduction,copyortransmissionofthis publicationmaybemadewithoutwrittenpermission. Noparagraphofthispublicationmaybereproduced,copiedortransmitted savewithwrittenpermissionorinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofthe Copyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988,orunderthetermsofanylicence permittinglimitedcopyingissuedbytheCopyrightLicensingAgency, 90TottenhamCourtRoad,LondonW1T4LP. Anypersonwhodoesanyunauthorisedactinrelationtothispublication maybeliabletocriminalprosecutionandcivilclaimsfordamages. Theauthorhasassertedherrighttobeidentifiedasthe authorofthisworkinaccordancewiththeCopyright,Designs andPatentsAct1988. Firstpublished2008by PALGRAVEMACMILLAN Houndmills,Basingstoke, HampshireRG216XSand 175FifthAvenue,NewYork,N.Y.10010 Companiesandrepresentativesthroughouttheworld PALGRAVEMACMILLANistheglobalacademicimprintofthePalgrave MacmillandivisionofSt.Martin’sPress,LLCandofPalgraveMacmillanLtd. Macmillan®isaregisteredtrademarkintheUnitedStates,UnitedKingdom andothercountries.PalgraveisaregisteredtrademarkintheEuropean Unionandothercountries. ISBN 978-1-349-35800-7 ISBN 978-0-230-22766-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230227668 Thisbookisprintedonpapersuitableforrecyclingandmadefromfully managedandsustainedforestsources. AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Gabb,Jacqui,1963 Researchingintimacyinfamilies/JacquiGabb. p.cm. (PalgraveMacmillanstudiesinfamilyandintimate life) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. 1. Intimacy(Psychology) 2. Family Psychologicalaspects. I. Title. HQ728.G172008 155.9’240942 dc22 2008015929 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 To my family, one and all – especially Jocelyn and Liam, whose love and support I hold most dear; and to the memory of my mother, who will remain forever in my heart. This page intentionally left blank Contents ListofFigures ix Acknowledgements x 1 Introduction 1 Structureandoutline 2 BehindClosedDoors:theprojectandempiricaldata 3 Troublingterminology 9 2 ResearchingFamiliesandChildhood 12 Familystudies 13 Childhoodresearch 18 Researchingsensitivetopics 21 Ethicalissuesinfamiliesresearch 24 3 MethodologicalApproachesandFamily ResearchMethods 29 Nationalsurveysandquestionnaireresearch 31 Longitudinalresearchandstudiesoflifecourse 34 Narrativeinquiryandauto/biographicalapproaches 37 Qualitativeresearch 39 Framingresearchandanalysingdata 57 4 ConceptualisationsofIntimacy 64 Intimacyandaffectivefunction 66 Thedetraditionalisationofintimacy 70 Embodiedintimacy 81 Intimatecitizenship 88 5 MappingIntimacyinFamilies 97 Affectivetransformations 99 Thestructuringofaffectiveties 108 Intimatepractices 119 vii viii Contents 6 TheAffectofMethods 132 Representingfamilylife 133 Biographicalnarrativeinterviews 150 Publicscenariosandprivatelives 154 7 Conclusion 164 Futureresearch 165 Mixingmethods:afamilyportrait 167 Theboundariesofintimacy 169 Empiricalcomplexitiesandconflictingnarratives 173 References 186 Index 207 List of Figures 5.1 Harriet(F5)emotionmap 117 6.1 Andrew(agedseven)‘MyFamily’ 134 6.2 Joan(F3)emotionmap 137 7.1 Henry(F5)emotionmap 179 ix
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