Relating Intimacies

JANE SEYMOUR is Lecturer in Social Research, School of Comparative and Applied Social Sciences, University of Hull. She has contributed to Men, Gender Divisions and Welfare, and Gender, Power and the Household. PAUL BAGGULEY, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds. His publications include From Protest to Acquiescence? Political Movements of the Unemployed, and he is co-author of Restructuring: Place, Class and Gender.

• List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Relating Intimacies: Power and Resistance; J.Seymour & P.Bagguley PART 1: CONSTRUCTING AND RECONSTRUCTING INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS Shifting Boundaries and Power in the Research Process: The Example of Researching 'Step-Families'; R.Edwards & J.Ribbens with V.Gillies Partnership Rites: Commitment and Ritual in Non-heterosexual Relationships; J.Weeks, B.Heaphy & C.Donovan Children Need but Mothers Only Want: The Power of 'Needs Talk' in the Constitution of Childhood; S.Lawler PART 2: REGULATING INTIMACY: THE ROLE OF STATE LEGISLATION IN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS The Age of Consent and Sexual Citizenship in the United Kingdom: A History; M.Waites 'I Hadn't Really Thought About It': New Identities/New Fatherhoods; C.Smart & B.Neale State Power, Children's Autonomy and Resistance: The Juridical Context; C.Smith PART 3: POWER AND RESISTANCE IN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS 'That's Farming, Rosie...': Power and Familial Relations in an Agricultural Community; P.Christensen, J.Hockey & A.James What Difference does 'Difference' Make?: Lesbian Experiences of Work and Family Life; G.A.Dunne Narratives of Power in Same Sex Couple Relationships; B.Heaphy, C.Donovan & J.Weeks 'I Won't Let Her in my Room' - Sibling Strategies of Power and Resistance Around Computer and Video Games; S.McNamee Prostitutes, Ponces and Poncing: Making Sense of Violence; J.Phoenix Index