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Inside Relationships: Critical Creative Case Studies in Interpersonal Communication

Sandra L. Faulkner (editor)

Chapter 6

Relationship Maintenance - all with Video Answers

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Chapter Questions

00:56

Problem 1

What does this series of vignettes tell you about expectations in US culture about marriage? How does this case study critique the heterosexual romance script (i.e., the expected narrative of meeting “the one” and living happily ever after)? What kind of marriage do you think the narrator has based on this writing? Has she been able to rewrite the marriage script? Why or why not?

Rowan Ahmed
Rowan Ahmed
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Problem 2

What does it mean to be married? How does the chapter critique dominant understandings of marriage?

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02:28

Problem 3

Find examples of pop-culture critiques of traditional marriage. Did you find any in your playlist? Movies? Netflix shows? How does your example show different ideas about marriage?

Kari Hasz
Kari Hasz
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Problem 4

Write a vignette or two about marriage or another type of committed relationship.

April Berlyoung
April Berlyoung
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