The Routledge companion to romantic love / edited by Ann Brooks.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brooks, Ann, 1952- editor.

Series:

Routledge handbooks

Routledge companions to gender

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Love--Social aspects.

Love.

Women--Psychology.

Women.

Intimacy (Psychology).

Love in literature.

Feminist fiction.

Romance fiction.

Sex role.

Social change.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Feminist fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 444 pages) : illustration.

Other Title:

Companion to romantic love

Romantic love

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Ann Brooks is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh in 2021. Ann has been a Visiting Professor at the Australian Catholic University since 2018. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS). Ann has previously held senior academic positions in the United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore and New Zealand. She is author of Academic Women (1997), Postfeminisms: Feminism, Cultural Theory and Cultural Forms (Routledge, 1997), Gender and the Restructured University (2001), Gendered Work in Asian Cities: The New Economy and Changing Labour Markets (2006), Social Theory in Contemporary Asia (2010), Gender, Emotions and Labour Markets: Asian and Western Perspectives (Routledge, 2011), Emotions in Transmigration: Transformation, Movement and Identity (with Ruth Simpson, 2012), Popular Culture, Global Intercultural Perspectives (2014), Consumption, Rights and States-Comparing Global Cities in Asia and the US (with Lionel Wee, 2014) and Emotions and Social Change: Historical and Sociological Perspectives (co-edited with David Lemmings, Routledge, 2014 and 2016). Recent books include Genealogies of Emotions, Intimacy and Desire: Theories of Changes in Emotional Regimes from Medieval Society to Late Modernity (Routledge, 2017), Women, Politics and the Public Sphere (2019) and Love and Intimacy in Contemporary Society: Love in an International Context (Routledge, 2020).

Summary:

"The Routledge Companion to Love is an multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary reference work essential for students and researchers interested in the field of love, romance and popular romance fiction. This first-of-its-kind volume illustrating the broad and interdisciplinary nature of Love Studies. International contributors including leaders in their field reflect a range of perspectives from cultural studies, history, literature, popular romance studies, American Studies, sociology and gender studies. Comprising over 30 chapters by a team of international contributors the Handbook is divided into 12 parts: Love, Romance and Historical and Social Change Love and Feminist Discourses Love and Popular Romance Fiction Love, Gender and Sexuality Romancing Australia South and Southeast Asian Romance Communities Nation, Place and Identity in US Popular Romance Novels Romantic Love and National Identity in Chinese and Taiwanese Discourses of Love Muslim and Middle Eastern Romances Discourses of Romance Fiction and Technologies of Power Writing Love and Romance Legal and Theological Fiction and Sexual Politics This is an important and unique collection aimed at researchers and students across cultural studies, Women and Gender Studies, Literature Studies and Sociology"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 09, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: The Routledge companion to romantic love

ISBN:

1000432734

9781003022343

1003022340

9781000432770

1000432777

9781000432732

OCLC:

1242023412

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.