A Kiss is Just a Kiss? (Im)Possibilities of Being Present
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Döbler M.-K. A Kiss is Just a Kiss? (Im)Possibilities of Being Present. Interaction. Interview. Interpretation. 2020. Vol. 12. No. 4. P. 41-45. DOI: https://doi.org/10.19181/inter.2020.12.4.3
Abstract
Exemplified by the practices of kissing this article discusses modifications of presence due to the emergence of Sars-Cov-2 and what we can learn from observing broken routines: it touches upon the meaning of a kiss and other bodily practices; sketches that and how interactions as well as their perception change; and reflects about the role of relationships and social contexts for conducting and experiencing “being together”.
Keywords:
physical/social presence, interaction, interpersonal contact, personal relationships, couples, kiss, body techniques
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Döbler M-K. (2020) Nicht-Präsenz in Paarbeziehungen: Lieben und Leben auf Distanz. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-29448-9
Garfinkel H. (1967) Studies in Ethnomethodology. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall.
Goffman E. (1963) Behaviour in Public Places. NY: Free Press.
Goffman E. (1971) Relations in Public: Microstudies of the Public Order. NY: Basic book publisher.
Goffman E. (1989) Interaction Ritual: Essays on Face-to-Face Behavior. NY: Pantheon Books.
Goffman E. (2010) Frame Analysis: An Essay on the Organization of Experience. 1st ed. Boston: Northeastern University Press.
Latour B. (2000) The Berlin Key or How to Do Words with Things / In: P. Graves-Brown (ed.) Matter, Materiality and Modern Culture. NY: Routledge. P. 10–21.
Man E.K.W. (2017) Kissing in Chinese Culture / In: E.K.W. Man (ed.) Bodies in China. Hong Cong: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press. P. 73–84. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvbtzns0.10
Mauss M. (2010) Gabentausch — Todesvorstellung — Körpertechniken. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.
Mol A. (2002) The Body Multiple. Ontology in Medical Practice. L., Durham: Duke University Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/9780822384151
Schutz A. (1946) The Well-Informed Citizen. Social Research. Vol. 13. P. 463–478.
Schutz A., Luckmann T. (1973) The Structures of the Life-World. Evanston: Northwestern University Press.
van Gennep A. (2005) Übergangsriten: (Les rites de passage). 3rd ed. Frankfurt/Main, NY: Campus Verlag.
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Received: 10.10.2020
Accepted: 25.12.2020
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Döbler, M.-K. (2020). A Kiss is Just a Kiss? (Im)Possibilities of Being Present. Interaction. Interview. Interpretation, 12(4), 41-45. https://doi.org/10.19181/inter.2020.12.4.3
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Chronicles of a Pandemic: Reflections of Sociologists
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