{"product_id":"love-inc-dating-apps-the-big-white-wedding-and-chasing-the-happily-neverafter-9780520300491","title":"Love, Inc.: Dating Apps, the Big White Wedding, and Chasing the Happily Neverafter","description":"The notion of \"happily ever after\" has been ingrained in many of us since childhood--meet someone, date, have the big white wedding, and enjoy your well-deserved future. But why do we buy into this idea? Is love really all we need? \u003cbr\u003e Author Laurie Essig invites us to flip this concept of romance on its head and see it for what it really is--an ideology that we desperately cling to as a way to cope with the fact that we believe we cannot control or affect the societal, economic, and political structures around us. From climate change to nuclear war, white nationalism to the worship of wealth and conspicuous consumption--as the future becomes seemingly less secure, Americans turn away from the public sphere and find shelter in the private. Essig argues that when we do this, we allow romance to blind us to the real work that needs to be done--building global movements that inspire a change in government policies to address economic and social inequality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laurie Essig\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/12\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520300491\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaurie Essig\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor and Director of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies at Middlebury College. She is the author of\u003ci\u003e American Plastic: Boob Jobs, Credit Cards, and Our Quest for Perfection. \u003c\/i\u003eEssig has written for a variety of publications including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e, and she blogs regularly for \u003ci\u003eMs. Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40189629169779,"sku":"9.78052E+12","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_9b7edd5b-44b4-4409-bdcb-bc49ca6eb4b2.jpg?v=1655817802","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/love-inc-dating-apps-the-big-white-wedding-and-chasing-the-happily-neverafter-9780520300491","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}