Love's Refraction : Jealousy and Compersion in Queer Women's Polyamorous Relationships / Jillian Deri.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Deri, Jillian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Non-monogamous relationships.

Lesbians.

Jealousy.

Love--Psychological aspects.

Love.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (164 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Popular wisdom might suggest that jealousy is an inevitable outcome of non-monogamous relationships. In Love’s Refraction, Jillian Deri explores the distinctive question of how and why polyamorists – people who practice consensual non-monogamy – manage jealousy. Her focus is on the polyamorist concept of “compersion” – taking pleasure in a lover’s other romantic and sexual encounters.By discussing the experiences of queer, lesbian, and bisexual polyamorous women, Deri highlights the social and structural context that surrounds jealousy. Her analysis, making use of the sociology of emotion and feminist intersectionality theory, shows how polyamory challenges traditional emotional and sexual norms.Clear and concise, Love’s Refraction speaks to both the academic and the polyamorous community. Deri lets her interviewees speak for themselves, linking academic theory and personal experiences in a sophisticated, engaging, and accessible way.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

LOVE'S REFRACTION. Jealousy and Compersion in Queer Women's Polyamorous Relationships

1. But Don't You Get Jealous?

2. Polyagony: An Exploration of Jealousy

3. If You Move to the Rainforest, You've Got No Right to Complain about the Rain: From Polyagony to Compersion

4. Once You Say, "I'm Poly," It Kind of Eliminates the Need for the Feminist Part: Gender, Jealousy, and Polyamory

5. Jealousy Can Be Hot if You Flip It: Working and Playing with Power

6. Polyamory's Legacy: Concluding Remarks

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-150) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Okt 2018)

ISBN:

1-4426-2457-4

1-4426-2456-6

OCLC:

909233507