|
Loading... Marriage, a History: from Obedience to Intimacy, or How Love Conqured…
| |
| Topics | | messages | Last message | | | 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Greg's Golden Treasury of Eyestrain | | 197 | gregtmills, December 2009 |  |
| Non-Fiction Readers : August '09 Nonfiction | | 72 | snash, September 2009 | |
| 1001 Books to read before you die : Dangerous Liaisons: Part 3 | | 16 | BookLizard, August 2009 | |
| 25 Books in 2009 : gregtmills' Great Big List of 25 Books for 2009 | | 97 | gregtmills, August 2009 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : What We Are Reading - Nonfiction | | 448 | Bridget770, July 2009 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : Chire's 50 | | 28 | chire, January 2008 | |
| Book talk : books about women and commitment phobia | | 49 | citygirl, October 2007 | |
| Book talk : books on marriage | | 6 | elbakerone, September 2007 | |
| The Green Dragon : Tell us what you are reading now. | | 341 | Busifer, June 2007 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 24 Mar 2007 | | 127 | seitherin, April 2007 | |
... a huge gamble.
I recently read a few books that touched on the history of official relationships between men and women (Marriage:A History and Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism), and it was shocking to be reminded of how recently women have been granted even the most basic ... I have been reading quite a bit of non-fiction this month. I finished Marriage: A History which I didn't think was quite what it could have been, but it was full of some interesting factoids. I was shocked to see that suicide rates of married women dropped by half when states switched to no-fault ... Marriage, a History: From Obedience to Intimacy, or How Love Conquered Marriage
Crammed full of interesting facts, but light on thesis. Wish it was chewier. Marriage, a History: From Obedience to Intimacy, or How Love Conquered Marriage
Crammed full of interesting facts, but light on thesis. Wish it was chewier. Just started Marriage, a History: From Obedience to Intimacy, or How Love Conquered Marriage
Interesting fact: there is central Asian culture in which the responsibility of raising children belong to sister and brother pairings. The biological father is this case has the role of what we'd ... ... book that really nails what marriage is about.
I've already read a couple of books on marriage that were interesting:
Marriage: A History - talks about how marriage went from being all about property and obedience to being about love, and how the divorce rate reflects this.
The Other Wo ... I just finished My Khyber Marriage and started Marriage, a History today. May
12. Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage by Stephanie Coontz
13. Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture by Ariel Levy
14. A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
15. O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
16. The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather Thanks all! Great discussion.
sisaruus, I actually just finished Marriage, a History the other day. Verrrrrry interesting!
For the record, I've never been one to do things just because they are expected, which is probably the major reason why the thought of marriage and kids kind of freaks ... ... some historical insight. Information at http://www.press.uillinois.edu/s03/passet.html Also Stephanie Coontz's book Marriage, A History corrects many of our cultural assumptions about marriage of the past. And, for an adventurous read, I highly recommend Against Love by Laura Kipnis ... I'm about halfway through Marriage: A History -- very well-researched, but it's kind of putting me to sleep.
I'm going to start Little Children tonight -- haven't seen the movie and I wanted to read the book first.
|
 Google Books — Loading...
|
