Romantic love, ecstasy, and deprivation

This thesis treats the concept of romantic love in relation to women. It attempts to show that the stereotype of romantic love is a fantasy construction which supplies compensation to women who lack status and identity. The qualifier 'romantic' refers to the ecstasy which is thought to oc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moore, Maureen Audrey
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/33179