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Intro; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Contents; About the Author; Introduction; The Modern History of Love Research; The Aims and Features of the Book; Interdisciplinary Methodological Approach to Love Research; Structure of the Book; Chapter 1: Love in the Cultural Context of Emotional Life; 1.1 Cultural Diversity in Understanding the Nature of Emotion; Diversity in Cultural Understanding of Emotion; Emotion as Cultural Appraisal; Western Conception of Emotion; Chinese Understanding of Emotion; Conceptions of Emotion in India; 1.2 Conceptualization of Emotions Across Cultures
Giving a Voice to the VoicelessThe Universal Concepts of Emotions; The Cultural Roots of Emotional Concepts; Diversity of Emotion Lexicon Across Cultures; Culture, Language, and Emotions; Metaphorical Reflections of Emotions; Location of Emotional Experience; Heart Metaphor of Emotion; Body Metaphors for Embodiment of Emotion; 1.3 How People Experience and Express Emotions in Different Cultures; A Universal Cross-Cultural Background for Emotional Experience; Cultural Norms of Experience and Expression of Emotions; American vs. Asian Comparison of Emotional Experience and Expression
Experience and Expression of Emotion in a Chinese VillageChinese vs. Mexican Comparison of Emotional Experience and Expression; Gender Differences of Experience and Expression of Emotions in American Context; Gender Differences of Experience and Expression of Emotions Cross-Culturally; The Biological, Social, and Cultural Factors of Gender Differences in Experience and Expression of Emotions; Smile as Expression of Emotions and Love; References; Chapter 2: Conceptions of Love Across Cultures; 2.1 What Is love?; Love as a Fussy and Multifaceted Concept; Categorical Definitions of Love
Prototypical Definitions of LoveMetaphorical Definitions of Love; Love as an Emotion and Emotional Complex; Love as a Disposition and Love as a State; 2.2 The Cross-Cultural Reality of Love; Definitions of Love in Cultural Research; Is Love a Cross-Cultural Phenomenon?; Cross-Cultural Lexical Analysis of Love; Cross-Cultural Comparison of Prototypical Lexicon of Emotions; The Lexical Explorations in Cultural Anthropology; What Does the Linguistic and Cross-Cultural Diversity of Love Words Tell Us?; Cultural Differences in Expression of Love; References
Chapter 3: Passion of Love, Erotic, and Sexual Experience3.1 What Is Passion?; Passion as the Intensity of an Emotion; Passion of Love; Passion as the Fire of Love; 3.2 Passion Across Cultures; Is Passion a Cross-Cultural Experience of Love?; Cross-Cultural Variety of Passion; Passion as the Eros Love Attitude in Multicultural Settings; Passion as the Eros Love Attitude in Cross-National Studies; Evolutional Factors Affecting Experience of Passion in Love; Cultural Factors Affecting Experience of Passion in Love; 3.3 The Experience of Erotic Love Across Cultures
Giving a Voice to the VoicelessThe Universal Concepts of Emotions; The Cultural Roots of Emotional Concepts; Diversity of Emotion Lexicon Across Cultures; Culture, Language, and Emotions; Metaphorical Reflections of Emotions; Location of Emotional Experience; Heart Metaphor of Emotion; Body Metaphors for Embodiment of Emotion; 1.3 How People Experience and Express Emotions in Different Cultures; A Universal Cross-Cultural Background for Emotional Experience; Cultural Norms of Experience and Expression of Emotions; American vs. Asian Comparison of Emotional Experience and Expression
Experience and Expression of Emotion in a Chinese VillageChinese vs. Mexican Comparison of Emotional Experience and Expression; Gender Differences of Experience and Expression of Emotions in American Context; Gender Differences of Experience and Expression of Emotions Cross-Culturally; The Biological, Social, and Cultural Factors of Gender Differences in Experience and Expression of Emotions; Smile as Expression of Emotions and Love; References; Chapter 2: Conceptions of Love Across Cultures; 2.1 What Is love?; Love as a Fussy and Multifaceted Concept; Categorical Definitions of Love
Prototypical Definitions of LoveMetaphorical Definitions of Love; Love as an Emotion and Emotional Complex; Love as a Disposition and Love as a State; 2.2 The Cross-Cultural Reality of Love; Definitions of Love in Cultural Research; Is Love a Cross-Cultural Phenomenon?; Cross-Cultural Lexical Analysis of Love; Cross-Cultural Comparison of Prototypical Lexicon of Emotions; The Lexical Explorations in Cultural Anthropology; What Does the Linguistic and Cross-Cultural Diversity of Love Words Tell Us?; Cultural Differences in Expression of Love; References
Chapter 3: Passion of Love, Erotic, and Sexual Experience3.1 What Is Passion?; Passion as the Intensity of an Emotion; Passion of Love; Passion as the Fire of Love; 3.2 Passion Across Cultures; Is Passion a Cross-Cultural Experience of Love?; Cross-Cultural Variety of Passion; Passion as the Eros Love Attitude in Multicultural Settings; Passion as the Eros Love Attitude in Cross-National Studies; Evolutional Factors Affecting Experience of Passion in Love; Cultural Factors Affecting Experience of Passion in Love; 3.3 The Experience of Erotic Love Across Cultures