{"product_id":"the-purchase-of-intimacy-viviana-a-zelizer-9780691130637","title":"The Purchase of Intimacy","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn their personal lives, people consider it essential to separate economics and intimacy. We have, for example, a long-standing taboo against workplace romance, while we see marital love as different from prostitution because it is not a fundamentally financial exchange. In \u003ci\u003eThe Purchase of Intimacy\u003c\/i\u003e, Viviana Zelizer mounts a provocative challenge to this view. Getting to the heart of one of life's greatest taboos, she shows how we all use economic activity to create, maintain, and renegotiate important ties--especially intimate ties--to other people. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In everyday life, we invest intense effort and worry to strike the right balance. For example, when a wife's income equals or surpasses her husband's, how much more time should the man devote to household chores or child care? Sometimes legal disputes arise. Should the surviving partner in a same-sex relationship have received compensation for a partner's death as a result of 9\/11? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through a host of compelling examples, Zelizer shows us why price is central to three key areas of intimacy: sexually tinged relations; health care by family members, friends, and professionals; and household economics. She draws both on research and materials ranging from reports on compensation to survivors of 9\/11 victims to financial management Web sites and advice books for same-sex couples. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the bedroom to the courtroom, \u003ci\u003eThe Purchase of Intimacy\u003c\/i\u003e opens a fascinating new window on the inner workings of the economic processes that pervade our private lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Viviana A. Zelizer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691130639\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691130637\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Viviana A. Zelizer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981099499775,"sku":"9780691130637","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4bd2d37c-872d-4b79-bed6-c8f28de7dfbd.jpg?v=1683253651","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-purchase-of-intimacy-viviana-a-zelizer-9780691130637","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}