Romantic Love in America - Cultural Models of Gay, Straight, and Polyamorous Relationships

Informationen zum Autor Victor de Munck is professor in the Institute of Asian and Transcultural Studies at Vilnius University and State University of New York at New Paltz. Klappentext In Romantic Love in America, Victor C. de Munck draws on evolutionary, cognitive, and social theories to present a cultural model of romantic love. de Munck draws on interviews with gay, straight, and polyamorous individuals to provide insight into the core components and intricate variability of contemporary love. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Defining Romantic Love vis-a-vis Sex and Love Chapter 2: How Social and Evolutionary Factors Affect the Cultural Importance of RL Chapter 3: A Tripod Theory of RL and Other Theories Chapter 4: Interviews with Straight Women Chapter 5: Interviews with Straight Men Chapter 6: Interviews with Nonbinary Lesbian/Gay Women Chapter 7: Interviews with Nonbinary Gay Men Chapter 8: Interviews with Polyamorous Informants

Product details

• Authors: Victor C. De Munck, Victor C. De Munck
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781498538718
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-3871-8
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Anthropology of Well-Being: Individual, Community, Society; Anthropology of Well-Being: In
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Cognition & cognitive psychology, United States of America, USA, Social and cultural anthropology, Cognition and cognitive psychology