ROMANTIC PASSION by William Jankowiak (Editor) ( 9780231096874 )

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Title:

ROMANTIC PASSION
A UNIVERSAL EXPERIENCE?

By:

William Jankowiak (Editor)

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Paperback

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0231096879

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9780231096874

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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

23 January, 1997

Pages:

310

Description:

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.

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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.

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