ISBN:
9781498538701
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (245 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Anthropology of Well-Being: Individual, Community, Society Series
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.70973
Keywords:
Sex customs-United States
Abstract:
In Romantic Love in America, Victor C. de Munck draws on evolutionary, cognitive, and social theories to present a cultural model of romantic love. de Munck draws on interviews with gay, straight, and polyamorous individuals to provide insight into the core components and intricate variability of contemporary love.
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Chapter One: Defining Romantic Love vis-à-vis Sex and Love -- Chapter Two: How Social and Evolutionary Factors Affect the Cultural Importance of RL -- Chapter Three: A CM of RL and Other Theories -- Chapter Four: Interviews with Straight Women -- Chapter Five: Interviews with Straight Men -- Chapter Six: Interviews with Nonbinary Lesbian/Gay Women -- Chapter Seven: Interviews with Nonbinary Gay Men -- Chapter Eight: Interviews with Polyamorous Informants -- Conclusion: Summary of Findings and the Future of Romantic Love -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
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