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Romantic Love in Cultural Contexts (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
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This volume presents a conceptual, historical, anthropological, and
sociological review of how culture affects our experience and
expression of romantic love. What is romantic love and how is it
different from and similar to other kinds of love? How is romantic
love related to sex and marriage in human history and across
contemporary cultures? What cultural factors mediate attraction in
love? These are some of the questions the volume explores through
its interdisciplinary yet focused lens. Much of the current
research evidence suggests that love is a universal emotion
experienced by a majority of people, in various historical eras,
and in all the world's cultures. Yet, love displays in different
ways because culture has an impact on people's conceptions of love
and the ways they feel, think, and behave in romantic
relationships. This volume summarizes classical knowledge on love
and culture while at the same time focusing sharply on recent
studies and cutting-edge research that has advanced the field.
Divided into three parts, the volume begins by defining and
analyzing the concept of romantic love and interdisciplinary
approach to its study in cultural context. Part II traces the
origin and evolution of romantic love both in various places
throughout the world and various time periods throughout history.
Part III presents the revolutionary expansion of romantic love
ideas and practices in the late 20th and early 21st centuries in
various parts of the world, focusing particularly on the
development of romantic love as a cultural ideal of the modern
cultures. Finally, the book concludes by summarizing the major
achievements in this field of study and predicts future
development. A timely and thoughtful addition to the literature,
Romantic Love in Cultural Contexts delivers thought-provoking
insights to researchers in relationship scholarship, sociology,
anthropology, and cultural studies, and all those interested in the
universal human concept of love. Overall I find Dr. Victor
Karandashev is an excellent and fine scholar who has a firm grasp
of both the fundamental principles of cross-cultural research and
of anthropology. In our increasingly connected world Romantic Love
in Cultural Contexts updates and adds to the descriptions and
explanations of similarities and differences in romantic love
across generations and cultures. Romantic love encompasses the life
span, rather than being a phenomenon largely confined to youthful
years. The topic of this project concerns the deepest of our
sentiments and pervades life from birth to death. This book
contributes to better knowledge of this phenomenon across
generations. Felix Neto (Professor of Psychology) Faculdade de
Psicologia e de Ciencias da Educacao Universidade do Porto,
Portugal
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