Love in Africa /

In recent years, scholarly interest in love has flourished. Historians have addressed the rise of romantic love and marriage in Europe and the United States, while anthropologists have explored the ways globalization has reshaped local ideas about those same topics. Yet, love in Africa has been pecu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Cole, Jennifer (Contribuidor, Editor ), Fair, Laura (Contribuidor), Masquelier, Adeline (Contribuidor), Mutongi, Kenda (Contribuidor), Smith, Daniel Jordan (Contribuidor), Spronk, Rachel (Contribuidor), Thomas, Lynn M. (Contribuidor, Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2009]
Temas:
Love > Africa.
Love > Social aspects > Africa.
Sex > Africa.
Sex > Social aspects > Africa.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
love, romance, romantic, amorous, marriage, europe, european, united states, usa, america, american, africa, african, continent, area, geographical, location, social, society, community, culture, cultural, sexuality, sex, hiv, aids, disease, essay collection, anthology, myth, 1930s, contemporary, modern, present day, diachronic, bollywood, telenovela, popular, magazine, relationships, madagascar.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Thinking through Love in Africa
  • 1. Love, Sex, and the Modern Girl in 1930s Southern Africa
  • 2. Making Love in the Indian Ocean: Hindi Films, Zanzibari Audiences, and the Construction of Romance in the 1950s and 1960s
  • 3. "Dear Dolly's" Advice: Representations of Youth, Courtship, and Sexualities in Africa, 1960-1980
  • 4. Love, Money, and Economies of Intimacy in Tamatave, Madagascar
  • 5. Providing Love: Sex and Exchange in Twentieth-Century South Africa
  • 6. Managing Men, Marriage, and Modern Love: Women's Perspectives on Intimacy and Male Infidelity in Southeastern Nigeria
  • 7. Media and the Therapeutic Ethos of Romantic Love in Middle-Class Nairobi
  • 8. Lessons from Rubí: Love, Poverty, and the Educational Value of Televised Dramas in Niger
  • References
  • Contributors
  • Index

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