Inappropriate Relationships The Unconventional, the Disapproved, and the Forbidden

Name: Inappropriate Relationships The Unconventional, the Disapproved, and the Forbidden
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ISBN: 9780805837438

ISBN-10: 0805837434

ISBN-13: 9780805837438

Edition: 2002

Authors: Robin Goodwin, Duncan Cramer, Rebecca Adams, Graham Allan, Roger Baumgarte

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In one of the great euphemisms of our time, an embattled President Clinton admitted to an "inappropriate relationship" with his White House intern, Monica Lewinsky. But what exactly is an "inappropriate relationship?" For that matter, what is an "appropriate relationship?" And how can an understanding of the rules of "appropriateness" help us understand personal relationships in our modern world? Contributors to this book discuss the personal boundaries and taboos of modern relationships. Together they examine the power struggles that can occur when individuals are involved in "inappropriate" relationships, and the ways individuals in such a relationship may attempt to buffer themselves…

Book details

List price: $56.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 4/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.22" wide x 9.06" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English



Series Editor's Foreword



Preface


Contributors



Conceptualizing Inappropriate Relationships



Scarlet Letters and Whited Sepulchres: The Social Marking of Relationships as "Inappropriate"




Functional Features: An Evolutionary Perspective on Inappropriate Relationships




Inappropriate Marriages



Marital Affairs




Interracial Relationships




Mixed Marriages: Music Community Membership as a Source of Marital Strain




Counternormative Relationships



Cross-Gender Friendship: The Troublesome Relationship




Same-Sex Relationships




Power-Discrepant Relationships



Inappropriate Therapist-Patient "Relationships"




Over My Dead Body: On the Histories and Cultures of Necrophilia




The Inappropriateness of Relational Intrusion




Social Exclusion--Pedophile Style




Epilogue



Inappropriate Relationships in a Time of Social Change...Some Reflections on Culture, History, and Relational Dimensions



Author Index


Subject Index