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<p><p>no Culture Is Ever Completely Successful Or Satisfied With Its Synthesis Of Romantic Love, Companionship, And Sexual Desire. Whether The Setting Is A Busy Metropolis Or A Quiet Farming Village, A Tension Always Exists Between A Community's Sexual Habits And Customs And What It Believes To Be The Proper Context For Love. Even In Western Societies, We Prefer Sexual Passion To Romance And Companionship, And No Study Of Any Culture Has Shown That Individuals Regard Passion And Affection Equally.<p>the Pursuit Of Love And Sex Has Generated An Infinite Number Of Ambiguities And Contradictions, Yet Every Community Hopes To Find A Resolution To This Conflict Either By Joining, Dividing, Or Stressing One Act Over The Other. In This Follow-up To <i>romantic Passion&#58; A Universal Experience?</i>, William R. Jankowiak Examines How Different Cultures Rationalize The Expression Of Passionate And Comfort Love And Physical Sex. He Begins By Mapping Out The Intricacies Of The Love/sex Conundrum And The Psychological Dilemma Of Reconciling These Competing Forces. He Then Follows With Essays On Sex, Love, And Intimacy Among Central African Foragers And Farmers; The Love Dyad In Lithuania; In

Author

William R. Jankowiak

Publisher

New York: Columbia University Press

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780231134361

Subjects

Science, Sociology, Psychology