Batuman’s debut novel The Idiot has garnered a great amount of critical attention for incorporating in its text emails that interweave the narrative first half novel. Taking into account both on- and offline intimacy depicted text, this article attempts to theorize relationship initiated large extent through exchanges between protagonists. By drawing upon some recent sociological inquirie...

Sex work in all its forms is an occupation that belongs to the service industry, and like any other work, sexual labour open exploitation. However, reason why sex seen be different from of it betrays socially accepted rules love intimacy exercised within a criminalised environment. As cultural symbol, remains steadfastly linked aberration dangerousness. This article juxtaposes legal lay definit...

abstract the aim of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of emotionally focused couple therapy in increasing marital intimacy. the research procedure was quasi experimental using mixed subjects design (3*2). the statistical population were couples who entered one of the counseling centers because of intimacy problems and marital conflict . sample group consisted of 32 subjects...

The following paper has been revised from my 2001 MA thesis, which asked ‘Is it possible to define a strategy for reading queer?’ This includes an investigation of how the traditionally stable categories of reader/text/author may be redefined by queer strategies that instead force instability and flux. In the three years that have elapsed since first conceiving of this piece, I argue that the p...