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King-O’Riain, Rebecca Chiyoko (2021) Loving the Stranger: Mixed Couples and Mixed Emotions. Simmel Studies, 25 (2). p. 181. ISSN 1616-2552
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Abstract
This paper brings together two of the key theoretical concepts attributed to
Georg Simmel – the notion of the ‘stranger’ (the person who is not indigenous to a social
context and perpetually seen as possibly not belonging) and ‘love’ as socially constructed
which has the potential to turn an individual love into a notion of ‘super individual
couplehood’ unifying two individuals and transforming them in the process. Based on in-depth qualitative interviews with 35 people in ‘mixed’ couples, this paper examines how
loving the stranger is constructed, maintained and challenged across cultures, languages,
races, and nationalities.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Loving; Stranger; Mixed Couples; Mixed Emotions; |
| Academic Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Institutes > Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute, MUSSI Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology |
| Item ID: | 18650 |
| Identification Number: | 10.7202/1088068ar |
| Depositing User: | Dr Rebecca King O Riain |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Jun 2024 14:38 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Simmel Studies |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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