All Outputs (3)

Love: Why romantic love matters in uncertain times (2022)
Book Chapter
Carter, J. (2022). Love: Why romantic love matters in uncertain times. In M. Hviid Jacobsen (Ed.), Emotions in Culture and Everyday Life: Conceptual, Theoretical and Empirical Explorations. Routledge

This volume describes and analyses a series of emotions prevalent in everyday life and culture, with each chapter exploring the main facets of a particular emotion and considering the ways in which it manifests itself in and informs our culture and l... Read More about Love: Why romantic love matters in uncertain times.

Intersections of intimacies and inequalities: An introduction (2022)
Journal Article
Carter, J. (2022). Intersections of intimacies and inequalities: An introduction. Sociological Research Online, 27(1), 3-7. https://doi.org/10.1177/13607804211061166

Understanding personal lives: After individualisation (2022)
Book Chapter
Duncan, S., & Carter, J. (2022). Understanding personal lives: After individualisation. In S. Quaid, C. Hugman, & A. Wilcock (Eds.), Negotiating families and personal lives in the 21st Century: Exploring diversity, social change and inequalities. Routledge

This chapter will centrally address the second aim of the collection – to explore innovative theoretical approaches to understanding personal life. It will also seek to disrupt ‘normative’ idealisations - those made by individualisation theorists.... Read More about Understanding personal lives: After individualisation.