{"product_id":"9781400826759","title":"The Purchase of Intimacy","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn their personal lives, people consider it essential to separate economics and intimacy. We have, for example, a long-standing taboo against workplace romance, while we see marital love as different from prostitution because it is not a fundamentally financial exchange. In \u003ci\u003eThe Purchase of Intimacy\u003c\/i\u003e, Viviana Zelizer mounts a provocative challenge to this view. Getting to the heart of one of life's greatest taboos, she shows how we all use economic activity to create, maintain, and renegotiate important ties--especially intimate ties--to other people.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn everyday life, we invest intense effort and worry to strike the right balance. For example, when a wife's income equals or surpasses her husband's, how much more time should the man devote to household chores or child care? Sometimes legal disputes arise. Should the surviving partner in a same-sex relationship have received compensation for a partner's death as a result of 9\/11?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThrough a host of compelling examples, Zelizer shows us why price is central to three key areas of intimacy: sexually tinged relations; health care by family members, friends, and professionals; and household economics. She draws both on research and materials ranging from reports on compensation to survivors of 9\/11 victims to financial management Web sites and advice books for same-sex couples.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFrom the bedroom to the courtroom, \u003ci\u003eThe Purchase of Intimacy\u003c\/i\u003e opens a fascinating new window on the inner workings of the economic processes that pervade our private lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137644675312,"sku":"9781400826759","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781400826759_p0.jpg?v=1763712312","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781400826759","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}