Until now the advent of Western romantic love has been seen as a liberation from--or antidote to--ten centuries of misogyny. In this major contribution to gender studies, R. Howard Bloch demonstrates how similar the ubiquitous antifeminism of medieval times and the romantic idealization of woman actually are. Through analyses of a broad range of patristic and medieval texts, Bl...(展开全部)

The Invention of the Western Film ranges across literature, visual arts, social history, ideology, and legend to provide, for the first time, an in-depth exploration of the early Western, from short kinetoscopes of the 1890s through 'classic' features of the 1940s. By examining the American Indian's rise and demise during the silent era, B-Westerns of the 1930s, and film noir-i...(展开全部)

With a new preface by the author Irving Singer's trilogy The Nature of Love has been called "majestic" (New York Times Book Review), "monumental" (Boston Globe), "one of the major works of philosophy in our century" (Nous), "wise and magisterial" (Times Literary Supplement), and a "masterpiece of critical thinking [that] is a timely, eloquent, and scrupulous account of what, af...(展开全部)

In the twelfth century, the Catholic Church attempted a thoroughgoing reform of marriage and sexual behavior aimed at eradicating sexual desire from Christian lives. Seeking a refuge from the very serious condemnations of the Church and relying on a courtly culture that was already preoccupied with honor and secrecy, European poets, romance writers, and lovers devised a vision ...(展开全部)

Helen Fisher's courageous investigations of romantic love -- its evolution, its biochemical foundations and its vital importance to human society -- are informing and transforming the way we understand ourselves. Fisher describes love as a universal human drive (stronger than the sex drive; stronger than thirst or hunger; stronger perhaps than the will to live), and her many ar...(展开全部)

“Does anyone date anymore?” Today, the authorities tell us that courtship is in crisis. But when Moira Weigel dives into the history of sex and romance in modern America, she discovers that authorities have always said this. Ever since young men and women started to go out together, older generations have scolded them: That’s not the way to find true love. The first women who m...(展开全部)

“Does anyone date anymore?” Today, the authorities tell us that courtship is in crisis. But when Moira Weigel dives into the history of sex and romance in modern America, she discovers that authorities have always said this. Ever since young men and women started to go out together, older generations have scolded them: That’s not the way to find true love. The first women who m...(展开全部)

迈克尔・卡米尔（Michael Camille,1958-2002），芝加哥大学艺术史教授，于剑桥大学获得博士学位，其后一直在芝加哥大学任教。他是中世纪艺术研究方面的权威，其主要著作有《中世纪的偶像：中世纪艺术中的意识形态和造像》、《边缘上的肖像：中世纪艺术的起源》、《逝去的大师：皮埃尔・雷米特的无生命的艺术》、《饰画人》、《中世纪艺术：幻想与中世纪的启示录》。 译者简介： 刘日明，男，1968年生，江西遂川人。1992年9月考入华东师范大学哲学系，1995年6月获哲学硕士学位；2000年9月考入复旦大学哲学系，2003年6月获哲学博士学位。现为同济大学哲学与社会学系副教授、当代马克思主义哲学研究所副所长、外国哲学专业硕士生导师。主要研究领域为西方政治学与法哲学、西方马克思主义。在《学术季刊》、《人文杂志》、《天津社会科学》、《学术研究》等杂志发表论...(展开全部)

Editorial Reviews From Library Journal The representation of love in medieval decorations, paintings, and drawings offers an intriguing glimpse into the society and philosophy of that time. Interpreting these depictions as having a specific purpose?to inspire love or eroticism?Camille (art history, Univ. of Chicago) explores what, according to the period, love meant for the med...(展开全部)

To what extent are our most romantic moments determined by the portrayal of love in film and on TV? Is a walk on a moonlit beach a moment of perfect romance or simply a simulation of the familiar ideal seen again and again on billboards and movie screens? In her unique study of American love in the twentieth century, Eva Illouz unravels the mass of images that define our ideas ...(展开全部)