The Materiality Of Love: Essays On Affection And Cultural Practice

Synopsis

Drawing On Love Studies And Research In Material Cultures, This Book Seeks To Re-examine Love Through Materiality Studies, Especially Their Recent Incarnations, New Materialism And Object-oriented Philosophy, To Spark A Debate On The Relationship Between Love, Objects And Forms Of Materializing Affection. It Focuses On Love As A Material Form And Traces Connections Between Feelings And Materiality, Especially In Relation To The Changing Notion Of The Material As Marked By Digital Culture, As Well As The Developments In Understanding The Nature Of Non-human Affect. It Provides Insight Into How Materiality, In Its Broadest Sense, Impacts The Understanding Of The Meanings And Practices Of Love Today And Reversely, How Love Contributes To The Production And Transformation Of The Material World.? --provided By Publisher. Part I: Material Love; 1 Love Materialism: Technologies Of Feeling In The 'post-material' World (an Interview); 2 Love Among Objects: Poetry And Time In Light Of The Phenomenology Of Values; 3 Love Is Tender: A Critical Approach To Pansexualism; Part Ii: Affective Connections: Materializing The Amorous; 4 Between The Covers: Couples Making Books Together As A Practice Of Love; 5 Overcoming Absence: From Love Letters To Skype; 6 The Matter Of Kissing; Part Iii: Objectified Amour : Representation And Social Practice; 7 The Rise And Fall Of Emotional Capitalism: Consumerism And Materialities Of Love In Dystopian Works By Thomas Melle, Leif Randt And Gary Shteyngart; 8 Reifying Innocence: Material Contexts Of Love In The Age Of Innocence And The Museum Of Innocence; 9 Organic Love: Reclaiming Solidity Through Nature And Farming; 10 (dis) Affectionate Fetishism-dispossessed Love In Othello And Late Modernity; Part Iv: Affectionate Subjectivity; 11 Exploring Maternal Affective Investments: Mary Kelly's Post-partum Document (1973-79) And The Material Narrative Of Love; 12 The Amorous Frenzy Of Things: Georges Bataille's Basely Material Love; 13 The Queer Love Life Of Photo(n)s; Part V: Creating Forms Of Love; 14 Embodied Soulmarks And Social Expectations: The Materialization Of Romantic Love In Soulmate Au Fanfiction; 15 Citizen Snake: Uncoiling Human-bindings For Life; 16 Reconfigured Families: Stories About Love; 17 As A Matter Of Love: A Short Dialogue On Love Made Material. Edited By Anna Malinowska And Michael Gratzke. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.