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TY - JOUR
T1 - ‘Domestic friends’
T2 - women’s friendships, motherhood and inclusive intimacy
AU - Cronin, Anne
PY - 2015/8/1
Y1 - 2015/8/1
N2 - Based on a qualitative, interview-based study of friendship, this article examines the specificity of ‘domestic friendships’ between women. Forged from the particular experiences, emotions and challenges of motherhood, they are qualitatively different from most friendships which tend to be based on individualistic connection and self-expression. Domestic friendships facilitate a specific form of ‘inclusive intimacy’ and shape an expansive experience of domestic life beyond the family or household. They help shape mothers’ sense of self as profoundly relational and interconnected with others, and channel a sense of biographical selfhood whose form and temporality is tied firmly to others’ lives.
AB - Based on a qualitative, interview-based study of friendship, this article examines the specificity of ‘domestic friendships’ between women. Forged from the particular experiences, emotions and challenges of motherhood, they are qualitatively different from most friendships which tend to be based on individualistic connection and self-expression. Domestic friendships facilitate a specific form of ‘inclusive intimacy’ and shape an expansive experience of domestic life beyond the family or household. They help shape mothers’ sense of self as profoundly relational and interconnected with others, and channel a sense of biographical selfhood whose form and temporality is tied firmly to others’ lives.
KW - Friendship
KW - motherhood
KW - domestic sphere
KW - intimacy
KW - relationality
KW - gender
KW - children
U2 - 10.1111/1467-954X.12255
DO - 10.1111/1467-954X.12255
M3 - Journal article
VL - 63
SP - 662
EP - 679
JO - The Sociological Review
JF - The Sociological Review
SN - 0038-0261
IS - 3
ER -