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Romantic Passion
William R. . Ed(S): Jankowiak
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Description for Romantic Passion
Paperback. Observers from the West, the book contends, have incorrectly projected rigid ethnocentric notions of love and marriage onto cultures around the world. Contributors look beyond each society's "official" institutions to explore expressions of love, offering new perspectives on arranged marriages and polygamy and reexaminging as well the other side of the equation: rejection and grief. Editor(s): Jankowiak, William R. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK; JHM; JMM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Observers from the West, the book contends, have incorrectly projected rigid ethnocentric notions of love and marriage onto cultures around the world. Contributors look beyond each society's "official" institutions to explore expressions of love. They find, for instance, that arranged marriages and polygamy do not necessarily indicate a lack of romantic passion but rather that people in such cultures may expect to look elsewhere for love. Contributors also look at the other side of the equation: rejection and grief.
Observers from the West, the book contends, have incorrectly projected rigid ethnocentric notions of love and marriage onto cultures around the world. Contributors look beyond each society's "official" institutions to explore expressions of love. They find, for instance, that arranged marriages and polygamy do not necessarily indicate a lack of romantic passion but rather that people in such cultures may expect to look elsewhere for love. Contributors also look at the other side of the equation: rejection and grief.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
Number of Pages
310
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231096874
SKU
V9780231096874
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99-15
About William R. . Ed(S): Jankowiak
William Jankowiak is associate professor of anthropology at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas.
Reviews for Romantic Passion
What these often wonderfully evocative field reports demonstrate is that, while the capacity for some kind of passionate attraction to another may very well be a human universal, that capacity is shaped and molded into a myriad of forms by different cultures. A very valuable and timely contribution. Highly recommended. Choice