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    Living and loving beyond the boundaries of the heteronorm: personal relationships in the 21st century

    Roseneil, Sasha (2005) Living and loving beyond the boundaries of the heteronorm: personal relationships in the 21st century. In: McKie, L. and Cunningham-Burley, S. (eds.) Families In Society: Boundaries and Relationships. Bristol, UK: Policy Press, pp. 241-258. ISBN 9781861346438.

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    Book synopsis: Acknowledging the increasing diversity and complexity of families, this innovative book proposes a new conceptual framework for understanding families and other relationships that both challenges and attempts to reconcile traditional and contemporary approaches. Using the notion of 'boundaries', the book shifts thinking from 'families as entities' to 'families as relationship processes'. Emphasising the processes that underlie boundary construction and reconstruction suggests that the key to understanding family life is the process of relationship formation. The ideas of entity, boundary, margins and hybridity provide a framework for understanding the diverse, and often contradictory, ways in which families contribute to society. Families in society makes a significant contribution to the academic literature on families and is essential reading for social science students, social researchers, policy makers and practitioners interested in families and relationships.

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