Extravagant ExpectationsExtravagant Expectations
New Ways to Find Romantic Love in America
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Book, 2011
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Current format, Book, 2011, , All copies in use. Offered in 0 more formatsThe proliferation of dating websites, printed personals, and self-help relationship books reflects 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, including marriage?
In Extravagant Expectations Paul Hollander investigates how Americans today pursue romantic relationships, with special reference to the advantages and drawbacks of Internet dating compared to connections made in school, college, and the workplace. By analyzing printed personals, dating websites, and advice offered by pop psychology books, he examines the qualities that people seek in a partner and also assesses the influence of the remaining conventional ideas of romantic love. Hollander suggests that notions of romantic love have changed due to conflicting values and expectations and the impact of pragmatic considerations. Individualism, high expectations, social and geographic mobility, changing sex roles, and the American national character all play a part in this fascinating and finally sobering exploration of the efforts of men and women to find love and meaning in life.
In Extravagant Expectations Paul Hollander investigates how Americans now pursue romantic partners and enduring relationships. Analyzing printed advertisements (personals), dating sites, and the advice offered by self-help and "relationship" books, he weighs the advantages and shortcomings of these methods against a background of popular culture, advertising, and pop psychology.
In Extravagant Expectations Paul Hollander investigates how Americans today pursue romantic relationships, with special reference to the advantages and drawbacks of Internet dating compared to connections made in school, college, and the workplace. By analyzing printed personals, dating websites, and advice offered by pop psychology books, he examines the qualities that people seek in a partner and also assesses the influence of the remaining conventional ideas of romantic love. Hollander suggests that notions of romantic love have changed due to conflicting values and expectations and the impact of pragmatic considerations. Individualism, high expectations, social and geographic mobility, changing sex roles, and the American national character all play a part in this fascinating and finally sobering exploration of the efforts of men and women to find love and meaning in life.
In Extravagant Expectations Paul Hollander investigates how Americans now pursue romantic partners and enduring relationships. Analyzing printed advertisements (personals), dating sites, and the advice offered by self-help and "relationship" books, he weighs the advantages and shortcomings of these methods against a background of popular culture, advertising, and pop psychology.
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- Chicago, [Ill.] : Ivan R. Dee, c2011.
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