Anatomy of love
Subtitle: a natural history of mating, marriage, and why we stray
By: Helen Fisher, PhD
Edition: Completely revised and updated.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 450
ISBN-13: 9780393285222
Subjects: Divorce; Marriage; Adultery; Sex customs
Description: Updated to include the latest research on anthropology and internet-age relationships, a revised edition of a classic reference examines the brain's role in love and courtship while making recommendations for returning to traditional patterns of romance. By the author of Why We Love. --Publisher's description.
Notes: Revised edition of the author's Anatomy of love: the natural history of monogamy, adultery, and divorce, 1992.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-426) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : Here's to love; title: Games people play : Courting; title: Why him? why her? : The drive to love and who we choose; title: Is monogamy natural? : Of human bonding ... and cheating; title: Why adultery? : The nature of philandering; title: Blueprint for divorce : The three- to four-year itch; title: "When wild in woods the noble savage ran" : Life in the trees; title: Out of Eden : On the origin of monogamy and desertion; title: The tyranny of love : Evolution of attachment and love addictions; title: Dressed to impress : Nature's lures for seduction; title: Men and women are like two feet: they need each other to get ahead : Gender differences in mind; title: Women, men, and power : The nature of sexual politics; title: Almost human : Genesis of kinship and the teenager; title: The first affluent society : "That short but imperious word, 'ought'"; title: Fickle passion : Romance in yesteryears; title: "Till death us do part" : Birth of sexual double standards; title: Future sex : Slow love and forward to the past.