Modern Love: Romance, Intimacy, and the Marriage Crisis

Modern Love: Romance, Intimacy, and the Marriage Crisis

by David Shumway (Author)

Synopsis

Argues that a crisis in the meaning and experience of marriage emerged when it lost its institutional function of controlling the distribution of property, and instead came to be seen as a locus for feelings of desire, togetherness, and loss. This title presents the history of marriage and romance.

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10 in stock

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 269
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 01 Aug 2003

ISBN 10: 0814798314
ISBN 13: 9780814798317