Bibliograph

Anatomy of love, a natural history of mating, marriage, and why we stray, Helen Fisher, PhD

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Anatomy of love, a natural history of mating, marriage, and why we stray, Helen Fisher, PhD

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationscharts

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Anatomy of love

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

929863086

Responsibility statement

Helen Fisher, PhD

Sub title

a natural history of mating, marriage, and why we stray

Summary

Updated to include the latest research on anthropology and internet-age relationships, a revised edition of a classic reference examines the brain's role in love and courtship while making recommendations for returning to traditional patterns of romance. By the author of Why We Love. --Publisher's description

Table Of Contents

Prologue : Here's to love -- Games people play : Courting -- Why him? why her? : The drive to love and who we choose -- Is monogamy natural? : Of human bonding ... and cheating -- Why adultery? : The nature of philandering -- Blueprint for divorce : The three- to four-year itch -- "When wild in woods the noble savage ran" : Life in the trees -- Out of Eden : On the origin of monogamy and desertion -- The tyranny of love : Evolution af attachment and love addictions -- Dressed to impress : Nature's lures for seduction -- Men and women are like two feet: they need each other to get ahead : Gender differences in mind -- Women, men, and power : The nature of sexual politics -- Almost human : Genesis of kinship and the teenager -- The first affluent society : "That short but imperious word, 'ought'" -- Fickle passion : Romance in yesteryears -- "Till death do us part" : Birth of sexual double standards -- Future sex : Slow love and forward to the past -- Appendices -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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