Extravagant Expectations: New Ways to Find Romantic Love in America

by Paul Hollander

The proliferation of dating websites, printed personals and self-help relationship books reflect the new ways Americans seek close, personal relationships. Exposed to changing and often conflicting values, trends, and fashions--disseminated by popular culture, advertising and assorted "experts"--Americans face uncertainties about the best ways to meet important emotional and social needs. How do we establish lasting and intimate personal relationships...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566637775
• ISBN13: 9781566637770
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"