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The look of love... through an analytic lens
Long treated with skepticism in literary and cultural studies, love—as a subject of serious scholarly inquiry—is now attracting intense interest and renewed attention. “Love, Etc.” centers on two key themes: representations of love in literature and culture and love as a relationship to literature and culture. How are our attitudes to love changing in the wake of new technologies and social media; shifting norms around partnering, marriage, and divorce; and feminist and queer thought? Fifteen short and accessible essays cover a wide range of topics from Tinder to “The Bachelor”, from liking trees to loving aliens, from unrequited love to maternal love, from polyamory to new stories of female friendship, from loving physical books to theorizing love in popular music.
Long treated with skepticism in literary and cultural studies, love—as a subject of serious scholarly inquiry—is now attracting intense interest and renewed attention. “Love, Etc.” centers on two key themes: representations of love in literature and culture and love as a relationship to literature and culture. How are our attitudes to love changing in the wake of new technologies and social media; shifting norms around partnering, marriage, and divorce; and feminist and queer thought? Fifteen short and accessible essays cover a wide range of topics from Tinder to “The Bachelor”, from liking trees to loving aliens, from unrequited love to maternal love, from polyamory to new stories of female friendship, from loving physical books to theorizing love in popular music.