Friendship: Developing a Sociological Perspective

activities analysis anthropologists argued aspects become boundaries certainly Chapter characterised circumstances commitment community studies concerned consequence constraints contacts context couple course cross-gender friendships dependent develop discussed divorce Dobash domestic domestic violence dominant elderly emphasised especially example extent factors female focus forms of sociability friends friends provide friendship circles friendship networks friendship patterns friendships tend gender geographical mobility Hess household immediate social environment impact important individual individual's informal relationships interaction involved issues Jerrome kinship leisure less limited Litwak lives maintained male marital marriage mateship matters middle-class Nonetheless normally opportunities participant observation particular patterns of friendship people's personal relationships personal space play position privatised problems recognised relatively responsibilities role routinely sense servicing friendships significance of friendship sociable relationships sociable ties social networks social organisation socialising sociological sociologists sociology of friendship solidarity specific studies sustain unemployment widowhood widows wives women