The state of affairs : rethinking infidelity
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062322609
- ISBN: 0062322605
- ISBN: 9780062322586
- ISBN: 0062322583
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Physical Description:
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1 online resource. - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : HarperCollins, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
General Note: | Electronic book. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part I: setting the stage. A new conversation about marriage and infidelity -- Defining infidelity: is chatting cheating? -- Affairs are not what they used to be. Part II: the fallout. Why betrayal hurts so much: death by a thousand cuts -- Little shop of horrors: do some affairs hurt more than others? -- Jealousy: the spark of eros -- Self-blame or vengeance: the dagger cuts -- To tell or not to tell?: the politics of secrecy and revelation. Part III: meanings and motives. Even happy people cheat: mining the meanings of affairs -- An antidote to deadness: the lure of the forbidden -- Is sex ever just sex? The emotional economics of adultery -- The mother of all betrayals? Affairs among other marital misdemeanors -- The lover's dilemma: conversations with the other woman. Part IV: ever after. Monogamy and its discontents: rethinking marriage -- After the storm: the legacy of an affair. |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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Subject: | Adultery Marriage Married people Man-woman relationships FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Marriage & Long-Term Relationships |
Genre: | Electronic books. |