
- 376 pages
- English
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Balancing the Secrets of Private Disclosures
About this book
This book joins together disclosure, privacy, and secrecy to pursue a greater understanding of how people are both public and private in their interactions. To be social yet autonomous, known yet unknown, independent yet dependent on others is essential to the communicative world. How do people manage these seemingly incongruous goals? This book argues that they actively work at balancing simultaneous needs of being both public and private. It highlights many different ways that people balance their public needs with their privacy needs underscoring the multidimensional nature of balance. The chapters also show that the opposing needs occur within a variety of contexts, from health issues, such as HIV/AIDS, to television talk shows. Readers will discover that avoiding disclosure is a dominant theme. In this way, the authors demonstrate how people balance privacy and secrecy by deemphasizing openness. Taken as a whole, this volume offers a refreshing new look at age-old concerns.
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Author Index
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half Title page
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Preface: The Meaning of Balance
- I: Introduction to Secrets of Private Disclosures
- II: Standpoints on Secrets of Private Disclosures
- III: Balancing Private Disclosures of HIV/AIDS in Relationships
- IV: Balancing Private Disclosures from Health Care to Illness
- V: Balancing the Secrets of Private Disclosures in Close Relationships
- VI: Balancing Private Disclosures in the Media and Across Cultures
- VII: Balancing the Secret Boundaries of Private and Public Disclosures
- VIII: Balancing Future Considerations
- Epilogue: Taking Stock
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index