A Sociology of Friendship and Kinship

by Graham A. Allan

Book Overview

Originally published in 1979, this was the first text to be concerned explicitly with the analysis of forms of kin and non-kin sociability. Its aim was to compare and contrast the different ways in which sociability was patterned in modern life at the time. Many studies had been concerned with kin relations, rather fewer had examined friendship, while none had attempted to compare these relationships. It was the author's belief that such a comparison...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032103736
• ISBN13: 9781032103730
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"