Imagining "We" in the Age of "I": Romance and Social Bonding in Contemporary Culture

The edited collection explores the fracturing of couple culture but also its persistence, challenging a latent but growing tendency towards perceptions of romantic decline. It is suitable for scholars in gender studies, media, cultural studies, and communication studies.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 228 pages
Publication date: 30 July 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

In the early twenty-first century, significant shifts in gender and sexuality, work and mobility patterns, and technology have sparked global interest in perceived threats to social bonding. This edited collection delves into the breakdown of couple culture while also examining its enduring presence. By examining a range of media platforms, including film, television, popular print fiction, new media, and new technologies, this volume's diverse range of contributors explore how mediated scenes of intimacy proliferate, casting real-life experiences in a newly uncertain light. The collection thus challenges a latent but growing perception of romantic decline in various cultural contexts, with a particular focus on the impact of COVID-19.

This accessible and timely collection is suitable for scholars in gender studies, media, cultural studies, and communication studies.

Weight: 384g
Dimension: 155 x 233 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367483272