Love Stories : : Language, Private Love, and Public Romance in Georgia / / Paul Manning.
In the remote highlands of the country of Georgia, a small group of mountaindwellers called the Khevsurs used to express sexuality and romance in ways that appear to be highly paradoxical. On the one hand, their practices were romantic, but could never lead to marriage. On the other hand, they were...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2022] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Setting the Stage for Romance
- 1 THE AMBASSADOR
- 2 SPENDING THE NIGHT TOGETHER
- 3 GOING STEADY
- 4 INVISIBLE LOVE POETRY
- 5 DEMONS, DANGER, AND DESIRE: THE “ARAGVIAN” SEXUAL REVOLUTION
- 6 INTELLIGENTSIA AND PEOPLE: A LOVE STORY
- 7 ECHOES OF LOVE LOST: SOCIALIST NOVELS AND FILMS
- Conclusion: Virtual Romance
- From Film to Image: Khevsurs in Late-Socialist Art
- Virtual Romance on Georgian Teen Forums
- Glossary
- References
- Index