Feminism and the Power of Love : Interdisciplinary Interventions (Paperback)

Chapter 1 The Power of Love: Towards an Interdisciplinary and Multi-Theoretical Feminist Love Studies Lena Gunnarsson, Adriana Garcia-Andrade, and Anna G. Jonasdottir Part 1. QUESTIONING LOVE AND POWER Chapter 2 The Difference that Love (Power) Makes Anna G. Jonasdottir Chapter 3 Alienation in Love: Is Mutual Love the Solution? Ann Ferguson Chapter 4 What Has Happened to the Feminist Critique of Romantic Love in the Same-Sex Marriage Debate? Renata Grossi Part 2. LOVE AND AFFECT Chapter 5 Love as Affective Energy: Where Feminist Love Studies Meets Feminist Affect Theory Margaret E. Toye Chapter 6 From Murderous Love to Worldly Love? Affect Theory, Violence against Women, and the Materiality of Love Kathleen B. Jones Part 3. TOGETHERNESS AND ITS FORMS Chapter 7 Feminist Visions and Socio-Political Meanings of Non-Monogamous Love Justyna Szachowicz Sempruch Chapter 8 The Invisible Ties We Share: A Relational Analysis of the Contemporary Loving Couple Adriana Garcia-Andrade and Olga Sabido-Ramos Chapter 9 Silent Love: On Irigaray’s Suggestion of Cultivating Sexual Difference Silvia Stoller Chapter 10 Love, Feminism, and Dialectics: Repairing Splits in Theory and Practice Lena Gunnarsson Notes on Contributors Index