On Elastic Ties: Distance and Intimacy in Social Relationships
Drawing on five years of ethnographic fieldwork among older adults in a New York City neighborhood, I present empirical data that complement survey approaches to social isolation and push our understanding of social ties beyond weak and strong by analyzing relationships that defy binary classificati...
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| Language: | English |
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Society for Sociological Science
2019-04-01
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| Series: | Sociological Science |
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| Online Access: | https://www.sociologicalscience.com/articles-v6-10-235/ |