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Article Excerpt
Love and Globalization: Transformations of Intimacy in the Contemporary World. Edited by Mark B. Padilla, Jennifer S. Hirsch, Miguel Munoz-Laboy, Robert E. Sember, & Richard G. Parker. Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 2008, 304 pages. Softcover, $29.95.
The field of globalization studies instigates stirring and complex debate about the local and global, backed by nearly 30 years of scholarship. Globalization refers to the process of growing amalgamation and interdependence of countries, cultures, and societies. The field principally concentrates on economics, politics, and culture, but little research examines globalization's effect on the most personal experiences and how these are imagined, surveilled, and performed. Padilla et al. compile a groundbreaking volume with Love and Globalization: Transformations of Intimacy in the Contemporary Worm using protracted ethnographic studies to examine love, gender, and sexuality.
Divided into three sections, the text presents various case studies raising innovative and thought-provoking questions. Part One, "Love and Inequality," explores the social inequalities within global processes. Little prior research connects such inequalities of sexuality, race, gender, and class to the personal experiences of intimacy. Because love does not exist within a microcosm, researchers must address these political, economical, and social hierarchical limits. Using a cross-disciplinary approach, the authors present broad questions and pose answers via specific case examples. This is vital as...
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