The Heart is Unknown Country
Subtitle: Love in the Changing Economy of Northeast Brazil
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: September 20, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780804736015
Subjects: Man-woman relationships; Social Science; Human Sexuality; Sex Roles (Sociological Aspects); Archaeology / Anthropology; Sociology; Marriage; Love; Anthropology - Cultural; Gender Studies; Psychology & Psychiatry / Human Sexuality; Anthropology - General; Brazil; Caruaru
Description: "This is a study of love, specifically of men's and women's emotional roles vis-a-vis one another in Northeast Brazil; of how people form conjugal relationships in this region; and of the impact of rapid socioeconomic change on courtship, marriage, cohabitation, and infidelity."--BOOK JACKET.