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New Social Ties : Contemporary Connections in a Fragmented Society /

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Deborah Chambers draws on the metaphor of friendship as a strategy for exploring contemporary changes in informal social ties. She traces the shift from fixed and permanent ties of family, neighbourhood and community to fluid and transient ties typified by computer mediated communication.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chambers, Deborah (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Subjects:
Social Sciences.
Anthropology.
Cultural and Media Studies, general.
Family.
Gender Studies.
Social Theory.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Families.
Gender expression.
Gender identity.
Sex (Psychology)
Social sciences > Philosophy.
Social sciences.
Sociology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Deborah Chambers draws on the metaphor of friendship as a strategy for exploring contemporary changes in informal social ties. She traces the shift from fixed and permanent ties of family, neighbourhood and community to fluid and transient ties typified by computer mediated communication.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (VII, 208 pages)
ISBN:9780230627284
DOI:10.1057/9780230627284