This timely volume offers an integrative approach and a culturally diverse view of love conceptions, experiences, and expressions, building on both individual and cultural typologies of love. It comprehensively presents cultural and cross-cultural studies on how culture affects love, and offers a systematic description of types and cultural models of love. The comprehensive reviews of methodology and findings provide a solid empirical basis for the creation of formal typologies.

This book will be useful for researchers interested in cross-cultural studies of...

This timely volume offers an integrative approach and a culturally diverse view of love conceptions, experiences, and expressions, building on both individual and cultural typologies of love. It comprehensively presents cultural and cross-cultural studies on how culture affects love, and offers a systematic description of types and cultural models of love. The comprehensive reviews of methodology and findings provide a solid empirical basis for the creation of formal typologies.

This book will be useful for researchers interested in cross-cultural studies of...

Dieses Buch bietet einen multidisziplinären Überblick über kulturelle Modelle von Emotionen, mit besonderem Augenmerk darauf, wie kulturelle Parameter von Gesellschaften das Gefühlsleben von Menschen in unterschiedlichen kulturellen Kontexten beeinflussen. Es geht über die traditionelle Dichotomie des West-Ost-Vergleichs und damit verbundene Kulturparameter wie Individualismus-Kollektivismus und Machtdistanz hinaus und untersucht auch viele andere kulturelle Dimensionen, die in der Mainstream-Forschung weniger Beachtung gefunden haben.

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Joining other publications on love by this author, the current volume examines the great varieties of love as interpersonal attraction. Drawing on classical and recent studies from global perspectives, it explores the components, dimensions, and contexts of interpersonal attraction. Its comprehensive coverage includes biological, physical, psychological, social, and cultural perspectives to give a full scientific picture of love as attraction in animals and humans. This book is relevant to professionals and researchers who seek an in-depth knowledge of love and interpersonal attraction,...