Romantic Love in Cultural Contexts

• Main Author: Karandashev, Victor (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Anthropology.; Cultural studies.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Cross-cultural psychology.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319426839
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-42683-9
• Physical Description: XXVII, 305 p. 9 illus. in color. online resource.

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 hu...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword by Elaine Hatfield
• Part I. Romantic love: Conceptualizations and approaches
• Chapter 1. The concept of romantic love
• Chapter 2. Cultural and interdisciplinary approaches to romantic love
• Part II. Historical and cultural perspectives on romantic love
• Chapter 3. The Ancients Were Open to Love
• Chapter 4. Love in the Pre-Medieval and Medieval Era
• Chapter 5. Further Developments of Romantic Love in the 16th through 19th Centuries
• Chapter 6. Love during the 19th and early 20th Centuries
• Part III. Modern Love Around the World
• Chapter 7. Love in Modern America and Europe
• Chapter 8. Romantic Love in the Arab World
• Chapter 9. Love in South Asia
• Chapter 10. Love in Latin America
• Chapter 11. Love in Modern Australia and among the Indigenous People of Australia, Polynesia, and Southeast Asia
• Chapter 12. Marriage and Love in Africa in the 20th Century
• Chapter 13. Romantic Love in China
• Chapter 14 Romantic love and culture: Reviewing past and looking forward
• References.