Swidler, Ann, 1944-

Talk of love : how culture matters / Ann Swidler. - x, 300 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-289) and index.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Culture's Confusions: Who Wrote the Book of Love? -- Finding Culture -- Repertoires -- How Culture Works: Love Stories -- Examined and Unexamined Lives -- Cultured Capacities and Strategies of Action -- Settled and Unsettled Lives -- Culture from the Outside in: Love and Marriage -- Love and Marriage -- Ties That Do Not Bind -- Codes, Contexts, and Institutions -- Conclusion: Toward Better Questions -- Methodological Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. Pt. I. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Pt. II. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Pt. III. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8.

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Love--Public opinion.--United States
Middle class--Attitudes--United States
Interpersonal relations and culture--United States
Public opinion--United States

BF575.L8 / S92 2001

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