Women and Men in Love: European Identities in the Twentieth Century

by Luisa Passerini

It has often been assumed that Europeans invented and had the exclusive monopoly over courtly and romantic love, commonly considered to be the highest form of relations between men and women. This view was particularly prevalent between 1770 and the mid-twentieth century, but was challenged in the 1960s when romantic love came to be seen as a universal sentiment that can be found in all cultures in the world. However, there remains the historical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845455223
• ISBN13: 9781845455224
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"