Romantic Love in America

Cultural Models of Gay, Straight, and Polyamorous Relationships

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

Av Victor C. de Munck, Victor C de Munck

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American Lovers: A Study of Romantic Love, Gender, and Sexuality introduces the reader to the love and sex lives of fifteen people: two are polyamorous, five are gay, and eight are straight. Coupled with rich interview material, this book provides a guided tour through the variable geography of love relationships as studied in the social sciences. Victor de Muck describes evolutionary, cognitive, social, prototypical, triadic, and neural and “style” theories of romantic love and sex, concluding with a generic American cultural model of romantic love that importantly delves into its relational properties as a dyad.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2019-04-08
Mått162 x 229 x 24 mm
Vikt562 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieAnthropology of Well-Being: Individual, Community, Society
Antal sidor244
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781498538695
UtmärkelserWinner of SAS Book Prize 2019

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Chapter 1: Defining Romantic Love vis-a-vis Sex and LoveChapter 2: How Social and Evolutionary Factors Affect the Cultural Importance of RLChapter 3: A Tripod Theory of RL and Other Theories Chapter 4: Interviews with Straight Women Chapter 5: Interviews with Straight MenChapter 6: Interviews with Nonbinary Lesbian/Gay WomenChapter 7: Interviews with Nonbinary Gay MenChapter 8: Interviews with Polyamorous Informants

“Victor De Munck’s Romantic Love in America promises to introduce the reader to ‘the love and sex lives of fifteen people’ two of whom are polyamorous, eight of whom are straight, and five gay. This fascinating volume delivers on this promise and does so in a theoretical context which incorporates both cognitive and evolutionary frameworks. An absorbing read for those interested in the experiences and conceptualizations of individuals who experience romantic love or who indulge in a variety of sexual encounters with or without the justification of love.”