Within Feminism and the Power of Love lies the central argument that, although love is a crucial site of gendered power asymmetries, it is also a vital source of human empowerment that we cannot live without. Instead of emphasizing "either-or", this enlightening title puts the dualities and contradictions of love center stage.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1
The Power of Love: Towards an Interdisciplinary and Multi-Theoretical Feminist Love Studies
Lena Gunnarsson, Adriana García-Andrade, and Anna G. Jónasdóttir
Part 1. QUESTIONING LOVE AND POWER
Chapter 2
The Difference that Love (Power) Makes
Anna G. Jónasdóttir
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 García-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
