The purchase of intimacy

Viviana A. Zelizer

doi:10.1111/j.1747-4469.2000.tb00162.x

The purchase of intimacy

Viviana A. Zelizer

Sociology

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Abstract

Students of the intersection between monetary transfers and intimate social relations face a choice among three ways of analyzing that relationship: as hostile worlds whose contact contaminates one or the other; as nothing but market transactions, cultural constructions, or coercion; or as differentiated ties, each marked by a distinctive set of monetary transfers. A review of payment practices, legal disputes, and recent legal theory illustrates the weakness of the first two views and the desirability of further pursuing the third alternative.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	817-848
Number of pages	32
Journal	Law and Social Inquiry
Volume	25
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-4469.2000.tb00162.x
State	Published - 2000

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Law

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