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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: As women flocked to cities during industrialization, American courtship was fundamentally transformed across America.
Chapter 2: During the 1900s, America’s booming economy turned dating into consumption-driven displays of taste and style.
Chapter 3: In the 1900s, gay people and black women devised strategies to surmount society’s barriers to dating.
Chapter 4: The increasingly liberal dating norms of the 1950s unsettled the nerves and morals of older generations deeply.
Chapter 5: The sexual revolution granted men and women free rein to enjoy dating and engage in premarital sex freely.
Chapter 6: The AIDS crisis slowed casual sex dramatically, first among gay men and then across the broader public at large too.
Description
Labor of Love (2016) is your guide to the history of dating. These blinks walk you through the social, cultural and economic shifts that have shaped modern rituals of courtship and explain the curious fads and fashions of flirtation that have come and gone through the ages.
Who Should Listen
- People who love to flirt or are serial daters
- Students of psychology or the social sciences
- Anyone who uses Tinder