Andrade / Gunnarsson / Jónasdóttir Feminism and the Power of Love

Interdisciplinary Interventions
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-351-78012-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Advances in Feminist Studies and Intersectionality

The power of love has become a renewed matter of feminist and non-feminist attention in the 21st century’s theory debates. What is this power? Is it a form of domination? Or is it a liberating force in our contemporary societies?

Within Feminism and the Power of Love lies the central argument that, although love is a crucial site of gendered power asymmetries, it is also a vital source of human empowerment that we cannot live without. Instead of emphasizing "either-or", this enlightening title puts the dualities and contradictions of love center stage. Indeed, by offering various theoretical perspectives on what makes love such a central value and motivator for people, this title will increase one’s understanding as to why love can keep people in its grip - even when practiced in ways that deplete and oppress. In light of such analyses, the contributions within Feminism and the Power of Love present new perspectives on the conditions and characteristics of non-oppressive, mutually enhancing ways of loving.

Bridging the gap between Feminist Affect Studies and Feminist Love Studies, this book will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students, including postdoctoral researchers, interested in fields such as women’s and gender studies, sociology, political science, philosophy, cultural studies and sexuality studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Andrade, Adriana García

Gunnarsson, Lena

Jónasdóttir, Anna G

Jónasdóttir, Anna

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1

The Power of Love: Towards an Interdisciplinary and Multi-Theoretical Feminist Love Studies

Lena Gunnarsson, Adriana García-Andrade, and Anna G. Jónasdóttir

Part 1. QUESTIONING LOVE AND POWER

Chapter 2

The Difference that Love (Power) Makes

Anna G. Jónasdóttir

Chapter 3

Alienation in Love: Is Mutual Love the Solution?

Ann Ferguson

Chapter 4

What Has Happened to the Feminist Critique of Romantic Love in the Same-Sex Marriage Debate?

Renata Grossi

Part 2. LOVE AND AFFECT

Chapter 5

Love as Affective Energy: Where Feminist Love Studies Meets Feminist Affect Theory

Margaret E. Toye

Chapter 6

From Murderous Love to Worldly Love? Affect Theory, Violence against Women, and the Materiality of Love

Kathleen B. Jones

Part 3. TOGETHERNESS AND ITS FORMS

Chapter 7

Feminist Visions and Socio-Political Meanings of Non-Monogamous Love

Justyna Szachowicz Sempruch

Chapter 8

The Invisible Ties We Share: A Relational Analysis of the Contemporary Loving Couple

Adriana García-Andrade and Olga Sabido-Ramos

Chapter 9

Silent Love: On Irigaray’s Suggestion of Cultivating Sexual Difference

Silvia Stoller

Chapter 10

Love, Feminism, and Dialectics: Repairing Splits in Theory and Practice

Lena Gunnarsson

Notes on Contributors

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Adriana García-Andrade is Professor at the Department of Sociology, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM), México

Lena Gunnarsson is a Postdoctoral fellow at Department of Gender Studies, Lund University, Sweden

Anna G. Jónasdóttir is Senior Professor at Örebro University, Sweden