This book represents one of the few major attempts to deal with friendship from a comparative perspective. In achieving this aim, it demonstrates the culture-bound nature of many assumptions concerning one of the most basic building-blocks of western social relationships. More importantly, it signposts the future of social relations in many parts of the world, where older social bonds based on kinship or proximity are being challenged by flexible ties forged when people move within local, national and increasingly global networks of social relations.
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This book represents one of the few major attempts to deal with friendship from a comparative perspective. In achieving this aim, it demonstrates the culture-bound nature of many assumptions concerning one of the most basic building-blocks of western social relationships. More importantly, it signposts the future of social relations in many parts of the world, where older social bonds based on kinship or proximity are being challenged by flexible ties forged when people move within local, national and increasingly global networks of social relations.
Imprint | Berg Publishers |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Release date | December 1999 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | 1999 |
Editors | Sandra Bell, Simon Coleman |
Dimensions | 234 x 156 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 224 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-85973-310-3 |
Barcode | 9781859733103 |
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LSN | 1-85973-310-7 |