{"product_id":"modern-love-romance-intimacy-and-the-marriage-crisis-9780814798317","title":"Modern Love  Romance Intimacy and the Marriage","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArgues that a crisis in the meaning and experience of marriage emerged when it lost its institutional function of controlling the distribution of property, and instead came to be seen as a locus for feelings of desire, togetherness, and loss. This title presents the history of marriage and romance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA cultural study of love and marriage in fiction and film rather than a history of recent marriage, \u003cb\u003eModern Love\u003c\/b\u003e illuminates the complexities of an important recent development in American marital ideals. * The Journal of American History *\u003cbr\u003eA wide-ranging and beautifully dialectical analysis of the modern discourses on love and intimacy. David Shumway overturns some of the usual assumptions about romantic love and, in the process makes original, often surprising observations about literature, movies, pop music, self-help books, and a variety of other texts. Modern Love is a pleasure to read, and it contributes significantly to our understanding of modernity. -- James Naremore,Indiana University\u003cbr\u003eAn extremely valuable contribution to the history of that supposedly timeless ideal, the intimate relationship. -- Elizabeth Freeman,author of The Wedding Complex\u003cbr\u003eFascinating and timely. * Intams Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface Introduction: A Brief History of Love I Romance 1 Romance in the Romance and the Novel 2 Romancing Marriage: Advice Books and the Crisis 3 Marriage as Adultery: Hollywood Romance and the Screwball Comedy 4 Power Struggles: Casablanca and Gone with the Wind II Intimacy 5 Talking Cures: The Discourse of Intimacy 6 Relationship Stories 7 Marriage Fiction Conclusion: Other Media, Other Discourses: The Crisis Continues Notes Index About the Author","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405920805207,"sku":"9780814798317","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780814798317.jpg?v=1730493914","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/modern-love-romance-intimacy-and-the-marriage-crisis-9780814798317","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}