All Outputs (3)

Wedding paradoxes: Individualized conformity and the ‘perfect day’ (2016)
Journal Article
Duncan, S., & Carter, J. (2017). Wedding paradoxes: Individualized conformity and the ‘perfect day’. Sociological Review, 65(1), 3-20. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-954X.12366

© The Author(s) 2016. Marriage rates in twenty-first-century Britain are historically low, divorce and separation are historically high, and marriage is no longer generally seen as necessary for legitimate sexual relationships, long-term partnership... Read More about Wedding paradoxes: Individualized conformity and the ‘perfect day’.

Age-dissimilar couples and romantic relationships: Ageless love? by Lara McKenzie [Book review] (2016)
Journal Article
Carter, J. (2016). Age-dissimilar couples and romantic relationships: Ageless love? by Lara McKenzie [Book review]. Anthropological Forum, 26(2), 199-201. https://doi.org/10.1080/00664677.2016.1148563

Book review

Sex, Love and Security: Accounts of Distance and Commitment in Living Apart Together Relationships (2016)
Journal Article
Carter, J., Duncan, S., Stoilova, M., & Phillips, M. (2016). Sex, Love and Security: Accounts of Distance and Commitment in Living Apart Together Relationships. Sociology, 50(3), 576-593. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038515573689

© 2015, © The Author(s) 2015. Drawing on a 2011 national survey and 50 semi-structured interviews, we explore the differing ways in which those in living apart together (LAT) relationships discuss and experience notions of commitment. We found that s... Read More about Sex, Love and Security: Accounts of Distance and Commitment in Living Apart Together Relationships.