Romantic Love in America

Cultural Models of Gay, Straight, and Polyamorous Relationships

AvVictor C. de Munck

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

Del i serien Anthropology of Well-Being: Individual, Community, Society

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Beskrivning

Romantic Love in America: Cultural Models of Gay, Straight, and Polyamorous Relationships introduces the reader to the love and sex lives of two polyamorous,five gay, and eight straight individuals. Coupled with rich interviewmaterial, Victor C. de Munck provides a guided tour through the variablegeography of love relationships as studied in the social sciences. de Munckdescribes evolutionary, cognitive, social, prototypical, triadic, and neural theoriesof romantic love and sex, concluding with an American cultural model ofromantic love that also includes its relational properties as a dyad.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-07-02
Mått:153 x 219 x 18 mm
Vikt:363 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Anthropology of Well-Being: Individual, Community, Society
Antal sidor:248
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781498538718

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Kognitiv psykologi inom Psykologi och pedagogik

Mer om författaren

Victor de Munck is professor in the Institute of Asian and Transcultural Studies at Vilnius University and State University of New York at New Paltz.

Recensioner i media

“Victor C. 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.”

Innehållsförteckning

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