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... > marital status > divorce > cultural sociology of divorce > culture, society, and popular media > empty-shell marriages

... > marital status > divorce > cultural sociology of divorce > culture, society, and popular media > empty-shell marriages

... > marital status > divorce > cultural sociology of divorce > culture, society, and popular media > empty-shell marriages

... > marital status > divorce > cultural sociology of divorce > culture, society, and popular media > empty-shell marriages

Preferred term

empty-shell marriages

Definition

Empty-shell marriages have lost or never had the passion needed to make the marriage vital. The relationship may never have had depth and often may have been formed for superficial reasons. [Source: Cultural Sociology of Divorce: An Encyclopedia; Empty-Shell Marriages]

Broader concept

culture, society, and popular media

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/empty-shell_marriages

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