Love and romance in Britain, 1918-1970. (2015)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Love and romance in Britain, 1918-1970. (2015)
- Main Title:
- Love and romance in Britain, 1918-1970
- Further Information:
- Note: Edited by Alana Harris, Timothy Willem Jones ; contributors, Stephen Brooke [and ten others].
- Editors:
- Harris, Alana, 1973-
Jones, Timothy Willem, 1981- - Other Names:
- Brooke, Stephen contributor.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Historicizing 'Modern' Love and Romance -- Timothy Willem Jones and Alana Harris PART I: IDENTITIES AND THE SPACES OF THEIR ARTICULATION 1. Love and Romance in British Women's Autobiography -- Barbara Caine 2. The Perfect Man: Fatherhood, Masculinity and Romance in Popular Culture in Mid-Twentieth-Century Britain -- Laura King 3. Love, Sex, Work and Friendship: Northern, Working-Class Men and Sexuality in the First Half of the Twentieth Century -- Helen Smith 4. 'A Certain Amount of Mush': Love, Romance, Celluloid and Wax in the Mid-Twentieth Century' -- Stephen Brooke PART II: LOVE ACROSS THE LIFECYCLE: GENERATIONAL EXPERIENCES OF MARRIAGE, SEX AND SOLE PARENTHOOD 5. Love Beyond the Frame: Stories of Maternal Love Outside Marriage in the 1950s and 1960s -- April Gallwey 6. Love, Honour and Obey? Romance, Subordination and Marital Subjectivity in Interwar Britain -- Timothy Willem Jones 7. Love in Later Life: Old Age, Marriage and Social Research in Mid-Twentieth-Century Britain -- Charlotte Greenhalgh PART III: LOVE AND THE 'EXPERTS': SCIENCE, MORALITY AND THE STATE 8. 'The Love of a Pitiable Dog': Gregariousness, Reciprocity and Altruism in Early Twentieth Century British Psychology -- Gillian Swanson 9. Love Divine and Love Sublime: The Catholic Marriage Advisory Council, the Marriage Guidance Movement and the State -- Alana Harris 10. Nova 1965-1970: Love, Masculinity and Feminism, But Not As We Know It -- Hera Cook Afterword -- Claire Langhamer Index ListIntroduction: Historicizing 'Modern' Love and Romance -- Timothy Willem Jones and Alana Harris PART I: IDENTITIES AND THE SPACES OF THEIR ARTICULATION 1. Love and Romance in British Women's Autobiography -- Barbara Caine 2. The Perfect Man: Fatherhood, Masculinity and Romance in Popular Culture in Mid-Twentieth-Century Britain -- Laura King 3. Love, Sex, Work and Friendship: Northern, Working-Class Men and Sexuality in the First Half of the Twentieth Century -- Helen Smith 4. 'A Certain Amount of Mush': Love, Romance, Celluloid and Wax in the Mid-Twentieth Century' -- Stephen Brooke PART II: LOVE ACROSS THE LIFECYCLE: GENERATIONAL EXPERIENCES OF MARRIAGE, SEX AND SOLE PARENTHOOD 5. Love Beyond the Frame: Stories of Maternal Love Outside Marriage in the 1950s and 1960s -- April Gallwey 6. Love, Honour and Obey? Romance, Subordination and Marital Subjectivity in Interwar Britain -- Timothy Willem Jones 7. Love in Later Life: Old Age, Marriage and Social Research in Mid-Twentieth-Century Britain -- Charlotte Greenhalgh PART III: LOVE AND THE 'EXPERTS': SCIENCE, MORALITY AND THE STATE 8. 'The Love of a Pitiable Dog': Gregariousness, Reciprocity and Altruism in Early Twentieth Century British Psychology -- Gillian Swanson 9. Love Divine and Love Sublime: The Catholic Marriage Advisory Council, the Marriage Guidance Movement and the State -- Alana Harris 10. Nova 1965-1970: Love, Masculinity and Feminism, But Not As We Know It -- Hera Cook Afterword -- Claire Langhamer Index List of Figures. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Basingstoke, England New York : Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Copyright Date:
- 2015
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (273 pages), illustrations
- Subjects:
- 305.30941
Sex -- Great Britain -- History
Courtship -- Great Britain -- History
Love -- Great Britain -- History
Man-woman relationships -- Great Britain -- History
Interpersonal relations -- Great Britain -- History
Courtship
Interpersonal relations
Love
Man-woman relationships
Sex
Great Britain
Electronic books
History - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781137328625
1137328622
9781137328632
1137328630 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.383087
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