{"product_id":"consuming-the-romantic-utopia-9780520205710","title":"Consuming the Romantic Utopia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA study of American love in the twentieth century that unravels the mass of images that define our ideas of love and romance, revealing that the experience of 'true' love is deeply embedded in the experience of consumer capitalism. It studies how individual conceptions of love overlap with the world of cliches and images.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction to the Sociology of Love\u003cbr\u003e Romantic Love as a Cultural Practice\u003cbr\u003e Romantic Love as a Utopia of Transgression\u003cbr\u003e Overview\u003cbr\u003e On Methodology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART I. WHEN ROMANCE MET THE MARKET\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Constructing the Romantic Utopia\u003cbr\u003e The Secularization of Love, or Love as a New Religion\u003cbr\u003e Love on Sale\u003cbr\u003e Romance vs. Marriage\u003cbr\u003e A Romantic Tale Spectacle\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Trouble in Utopia\u003cbr\u003e The Price of Love\u003cbr\u003e Alone in Public\u003cbr\u003e Dating and the Spirit of Consumerism\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART 2. ALL THAT IS ROMANTIC MELTS INTO AIR: LOVE AS\u003cbr\u003e A POSTMODERN CONDITION\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3· From the Romantic Utopia to the American Dream\u003cbr\u003e \"You Could Be Here, Now\"\u003cbr\u003e Such a Natural Love\u003cbr\u003e Romance as Invisible Affluence\u003cbr\u003e Codes Are Getting Tired\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4· An All-Consuming Love\u003cbr\u003e Reenchanting the World\u003cbr\u003e A Consuming Romance\u003cbr\u003e The Luxury of Romance\u003cbr\u003e Travel, Nature, and Romance\u003cbr\u003e Romance as Liminality\u003cbr\u003e The Commerce of Love: Ideology or Utopia?\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Real Fictions and Fictional Realities\u003cbr\u003e Love at First Sight\u003cbr\u003e Realist Love\u003cbr\u003e Reality as Fiction\u003cbr\u003e Fiction as Reality\u003cbr\u003e A Postmodern Romantic Condition\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART 3. THE BUSINESS OF LOVE\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Reason within Passion\u003cbr\u003e Charting the Heart\u003cbr\u003e Passion within Reason, Reason within Passion\u003cbr\u003e The Uncertainties of the Heart\u003cbr\u003e The Science of Love\u003cbr\u003e Therapeutic Discourse as Reflexive Discourse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. The Reasons for Passion\u003cbr\u003e Agapic and Erosic Love\u003cbr\u003e A Very Reasonable Madness\u003cbr\u003e Socioeconomic Boundaries\u003cbr\u003e Moral and Personality Boundaries\u003cbr\u003e Educational and Cultural Boundaries\u003cbr\u003e I Talk, Therefore You Love Me\u003cbr\u003e Love for Free\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. The Class of Love\u003cbr\u003e The Elementary Forms of Romance\u003cbr\u003e Love as Difference\u003cbr\u003e Love and Symbolic Domination\u003cbr\u003e Class, Romance, and the Structure of Everyday Life\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: A Happy Ending?\u003cbr\u003e The Story of Love\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1. A Few Words about Methods\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2. Questionnaire\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 3. Images of Romance\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402804076887,"sku":"9780520205710","price":26.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520205710.jpg?v=1730481554","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/consuming-the-romantic-utopia-9780520205710","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}