Romantic Longings: Love Cl T - Hardcover

Seidman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415904048 ISBN 13: 9780415904049

Publisher: Other, 1991

Synopsis

Intimate behaviour is today a principal cause of social conflict in the USA. Drawing on a range of evidence, this study charts the change from a Victorian spiritual ideal of love to efforts by modern reformers to sexualize love.

About this title

About the Author:

Steven Seidman is Associate Professor of Sociology at SUNY, Albany. He is the author of Embattled Eros (Routledge, 1992).

Review:

". . . a challenging and worthwhile read. Its tracing of what love and sex has meant to Americans through the ages is clear and captivating." -- Community - May 1991

". . . an important and provocative book, which helps place current debates about sex and love in a historical perspective." -- Dennis Altman, Author of AIDS in the Mind of America

"Seidman has made an important contribution to contemporary debates about the meaning and role of sex in the America of the 1990s." -- Journal of Social History

"Seidman offers a useful and engaging study detailing the meaning of love and sex within the white middle class." -- John D'Emilio, American Historical Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Other
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0415904048
• ISBN 13: 9780415904049
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256