Relating Intimacies

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