Rethinking romantic love
Subtitle: discussions, imaginaries and practices
By: edited by Begonya Enguix and Jordi Roca
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9781443876452
Subjects: Love
Description: This volume is the result of a thorough exploration of contemporary conceptions of romantic love from different points of view. Beginning with an initial chapter where the meanings of romantic love are discussed theoretically and historically, the contributions gathered here present current discussions about love in the present day and in different geographical contexts that range from Hungary to Italy or Spain. The first part of the book is devoted to the analysis of mobilities for the sake of love as a result of globalization. These mobilities are analysed in relation to love ideals, to gender equality, and to online searches for the ideal partners. The second part of the book deals with the exploration of different imaginaries of love in particular geographical contexts. The topics dealt with here include love as sickness, love and violence, love ideals for men engaged in gender equality, and love ideals for those who engage in cross-dressing practices. In the third part, writing about and for love is addressed. Love writings to the beloved dead, teenage girls' blogs, and bestsellers such as Fifty Shades of Grey are discussed in particular detail. This book addresses current conceptions of romantic love in different social groups through different practices and in different countries, and shows that, despite the variability of discourses, experiences and practices related to love, a number of ideas of what love should be like persist in all these contexts. This book is the result of ethnographic research, and will be of undoubted interest for the academic milieu. However, given the topic it deals with, the book will also appeal to the general public, who will find in these pages many 'love stories' derived from the detailed study of the society in which we inhabit and the ideals of love that we breathe.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Mobilities for Love; title: ch. One "Is this true love?" Governing Love in the Context of Marriage Migration / Miriam Gutekunst; title: ch. Two Latin American Women who Migrate for Love: Imagining European Men as Ideal Partners / Yvonne Riano; title: ch. Three Intimacies Turned On and Off: Spanish Men on Search of a Foreign Partner beyond the Screen / Lidia Martinez Flores; title: pt. 2 Imaginaries of Love in Local Contexts; title: ch. Four Conceptions of the True Love and Love Magic among the Hungarians in Gyimes / Judit Balatonyi; title: ch. Five What it is to be Desired: Erotic Encounters and Ideals of Love among People Who Practise Cross-Dressing in a Swinger Club in Barcelona / Alba Barbe i Serra; title: ch. Six L'Amavo Piu Della Sua Vita: I Loved Her More Than Her Life / Marion Naser-Lather; title: ch. Seven El Amor Romantico (NO) MATA: Thinking through Romantic Love and Men's Engagement for Gender Equality in Spain / Krizia Nardini; title: pt. 3 Writing(s) about Love; title: ch. Eight Love Writing to Beloved Dead: The Continuation of the Loving Feeling beyond Death / Antonella Grossi; title: ch. Nine Self-created Love Stories in Girls' Romantic Culture: History and Evolution / Eda Kalmre; title: ch. Ten Love Ideals in Fifty Shades of Grey / Begonya Enguix.