What is it about?

Intimacy has defied definition, in part because it is contextual and can only be understood in opposition to other categories. An ethnographic approach is best suited to its investigation.

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Why is it important?

Having been the topic of many decontextualized analyses, intimacy continues to present thorny questions. This analysis embeds it in a semiotic framework that helps resolve some of the confusion.

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This page is a summary of: Commentary: Intimacy through the Ethnographic Lens, The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology, January 2015, Berghahn Journals,
DOI: 10.3167/ca.2015.330209.
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