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 (pages 345-426) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

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 of 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 us do part": birth of sexual double standards -- Future sex: slow love and forward to the past

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