Distance Relationships: Intimacy and Emotions Amongst Academics and their Partners In Dual-Locations

Mary Holmes

sept 2014 · Springer

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Drawing on interviews with UK couples in distance relationships, this book seeks to explain, evaluate and advance sociological debates about intimate life. It provides a rich and human perspective on how bodies, emotions and connections to others are key in maintaining intimate relationships.

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Mary Holmes is a Senior Lecturer at the Sociology Department of the University of Edinburgh, UK. She co-authored Heterosexuality in Theory and Practice (2012) with Chris Beasley and Heather Brook. Her other books include Gender and Everyday Life (2009) and What is Gender? (2007).