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"Love and Intimacy in Contemporary Society reflects on relationships in contemporary society and the role of love and intimacy in framing lives. The book draws on sociological perspectives, cultural sociology and gender theory perspectives. It looks at how love and intimacy is experienced differently and intersected by gender, ethnicity, race and sexuality. This book aims to encourage people to understand theories of intimacy, emotions and desire by examining these concepts contemporaneously and cross-culturally. It also explores how love and intimacy is experienced by young people and how it is impacted by age. It looks at its representation in the media and film and focuses on how gender, ethnicity and sexuality offer different perspectives on love and intimacy. The book shows how relationships are impacted by social networking and new technologies and the opportunities and challenges posed by these new platforms for building relationships. Finally, the book examines how intimacy has become commercialised in late capitalism and how that acts to change relationships. The book is written in an accessible way and explores a range of theoretical debates and contemporary research around emotions, which can be useful for undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral study"--

Chapters Six and Seven: Contemporary women public intellectuals: the United States (1) and (2)1. The gender politics of 'bluestocking philosophy'; Introduction; Bluestockings; Elizabeth Montagu: mentoring and moralism; Community of women as early public intellectuals; Expansion of women public intellectuals; Backlash and the legacy; Conclusion; 2. Gender and the politics of the public sphere; Introduction; Habermas, the public world of letters and the political realm; Gender, feminism and the public and private spheres; Habermas: the public sphere as an intermediary space

1. Genealogies of emotions, intimacy and desire : theories of changes in emotional regimes from medieval society to late modernity -- 2. Foucault's genealogy of sexuality : Foucault, sex and power -- 3. Narratives of romantic love -- 4. "Mapping intimacy through sex in twentieth century colonial cultures" : the work of Laura Ann Stoler and Anne McClintock -- 5. Love and intimacy in late modernity : the transformation of intimacy -- 6. "The intelligence of emotions" : intimacy, emotions and the "turn to affect" : feminist interventions -- 7. Intimacy, emotions and the public sphere : from sentimental ideology to "the queen of America" : the public and the private in the work of Lauren Berlant.

Through popular culture, we can define, explore and experiment with our identities. This vibrant text provides an understanding of popular culture in a globalized world through the intersection of sociology and cultural studies, combining cultural theory with a wide range of examples from everyday life, from fashion to social networking and music.

"Through popular culture, we can define, explore and experiment with our identities. This vibrant text provides an understanding of popular culture in a globalized world through the intersection of sociology and cultural studies, combining cultural theory with a wide range of examples from everyday life, including fashion, social networking and music, drawn from the United States, the UK and the Asia-Pacific"--

"This book explores the intersection of emotions and migration in a number of case studies from across the United States, Europe and Southeast Asia, including the transmigration of female domestic workers, female workers in the service industries, transmigrant marriages, transmigrant workers in the entertainment industry and asylum seekers and refugees who have experienced violence. Migration is an intensely emotive event in people's everyday lives, yet the study of migration has, to date, overlooked this aspect - this book fills that gap. It brings the study of emotions together with the study of migration for the first time. The interrelationship of geographical and emotional spaces of nation, identity and emotions are examined as they intersect in a complex framing of a raft of emotions characterized by trauma, grief, guilt, love, violence and rage. Emotions in Transmigration provides theoretical analysis and empirical examples of the intersection of emotions and transmigration in relation to movement, transformation and identity in the context of the United States, Europe and Southeast Asia."--Publisher's website

1. Contesting intimacy, reflexivity and identity in contemporary social theory -- 2. Intimacy, reflexivity and identity in contemporary Asia -- 3. Reflexivity and the transformation of gender identity in cosmopolitan Asia -- 4. Postmodern Confucianism, 'moral economies' and 'biopolitical otherness' in redefining intimacy and identity in Southeast Asia -- 5. Sex and 'singlehood' as a source of tension in contemporary Asia -- 6. Cultural production, intimacy and identity : paradigms of resistance and Islamic orthodoxy in Asia.

"Philosophical debates around individualization and the implications for intimacy, reflexivity and identity have occupied a central part of social and cultural theorizing in the West in the last decade. In fact, late modernity has become conspicuously engaged with issues of intimacy, reflexivity and identity. The author analyses the relevance of these debates in the context of contemporary Asia and combines an analysis of significant social theorists including Beck, Giddens, Bourdieu, McNay, Adkins, and Ong with an application of these debates to social, political and cultural contexts. Drawing on empirical research, case studies, global reports, media and academic literature, the book provides a relevant, wide-ranging and contemporary analysis of the debates on Asian culture and society."--Publisher's information.

This edited collection takes a critical perspective on Norbert Elias's theory of the "civilizing process," through historical essays and contemporary analysis from sociologists and cultural theorists. It focuses on changes in emotional regimes or styles and considers the intersection of emotions and social change, historically and contemporaneously. The book is set in the context of increasing interest among humanities and social science scholars in reconsidering the significance of emotion and affect in society, and the development of empirical research and theorizing around these subjects. Some have labeled this interest as an "affective turn" or a "turn to affect," which suggests a profound and wide-ranging reshaping of disciplines. Building upon complex theoretical models of emotions and social change, the chapters exemplify this shift in analysis of emotions and affect, and suggest different approaches to investigation which may help to shape the direction of sociological and historical thinking and research.

'Consumption, Cities and States' examines the fascinating intersection of consumption, citizenship and the state in a cross-section of global cities in Asia and the West. It focuses on a number of theoretical and empirical analyses: developing and amplifying the intersection of consumption, citizenship and the state in late modernity in relation to a range of cities; examining the concept of the global city as an 'aspirational' category for cities in Asia and the West; and considering case studies which highlight the intersection of consumption and the state. As Ann Brooks and Lionel Wee demonstrate, the interface between citizen status and consumer activity proves a crucial point of analysis in the light of the neoliberal assertion that individuals and institutions perform at their best within a free market economy.