Paul Manning

Love Stories

Language, Private Love, and Public Romance in Georgia

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Love Stories offers an ethnography of language and desire that doubles as an introduction to key linguistic genres and to the interplay of language and culture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 293g
• ISBN-13: 9781442608962
• ISBN-10: 144260896X
• Artikelnr.: 41957696

Autorenporträt

Paul Manning is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Trent University and former editor of the Journal of Linguistic Anthropology.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Setting the Stage for Romance
A Brief Introduction to Khevsur Love
Well, Did They, or Didn't They?
Georgian Stereotypes about Khevsurs and "the Romance of the Mountains"
Language and Desire: Genres and Practices
The Khevsurs in History
Plan of the Book
1. THE AMBASSADOR
The Elchi as Mediator
Autonomy, Persuasion, and Desire
The Elchi at Work: A Girl's First Night of Sts'orproba
Conversation 1: The Elchi and the Girl
Conversation 2: The Elchi and the Boy
Conversation 3: The Elchi and the Mother
2. SPENDING THE NIGHT TOGETHER
Lying Down and Getting Up: Sociable Talk and Sociable Sexuality
Intimate Contact: Prohibition and Transgression
Boundary: Sex
Boundary: Marriage
Sociability and Obligation
The Role of Different Genres
3. GOING STEADY
The Social Life of Vodka
Going with Vodka
Visiting Vodka
Road Vodka
The Sexual Life of Vodka
Stealing Vodka
Saving and Hiding Vodka
Drinking Vodka
From Casual to Durable Sexual Relations:
Sts'orperis and Dzmobilis
The Dzmobili Relationship and Its Rivals
Night and Day
Creating and Maintaining Durable Relationships over Time
Creating the Relationship: Oaths and Hints
Maintaining the Relationship: Waiting and Exchange
4. INVISIBLE LOVE POETRY
The Invisibility of Khevsur Love Poetry: The Absence of the Lyric Mode
Articulating Desire in Pshavian Lyric
The Erasure of Desire in Khevsur Love Poetry
Anonymity: Erasure of the Author of Love Poetry
Replacing Individual Desire with Desirability in Praise Poetry
5. DEMONS, DANGER, AND DESIRE: THE "ARAGVIAN" SEXUAL REVOLUTION
Scandal Narratives
Russian Marriage
The Aragvian Way of Love
Khevsur Girls' Love Stories: Three Case Studies
Mariemi's Story
Nanuk'i's Story
Ashekali's Story
6. INTELLIGENTSIA AND PEOPLE: A LOVE STORY
Genres of Realism and Romance
The Story of Natela: A Khevsur Romance of the Nineteenth Century
The Story of Natela: A Native Ethnographer of the Twentieth Century
7. ECHOES OF LOVE LOST: SOCIALIST NOVELS AND FILMS
Socialist Ethnographies
Modernist Novels
Socialist Films
Modernity and Tradition: Frame Narrative and Framed Narrative
Romance, Poetry, and Violence
Echoes of Sts'orproba
Conclusion: Virtual Romance
From Film to Image: Khevsurs in Late-Socialist Art
Virtual Romance on Georgian Teen Forums
Glossary
References
Index