{"product_id":"labor-of-love-paperback","title":"Labor of Love - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMoira Weigel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Does anyone date anymore?\" Today, the authorities tell us that courtship is in crisis. But when Moira Weigel dives into the history of sex and romance in modern America, she discovers that authorities have always said this. Ever since young men and women started to go out together, older generations have scolded them: That's not the way to find true love. The first women who made dates with strangers were often arrested for prostitution; long before \"hookup culture,\" there were \"petting parties\"; before parents worried about cell phone apps, they fretted about joyrides and \"parking.\" Dating is always dying. But this does not mean that love is dead. It simply changes with the economy. Dating is, and always has been, tied to work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLines like \"I'll pick you up at six\" made sense at a time when people had jobs that started and ended at fixed hours. But in an age of contract work and flextime, many of us have become sexual freelancers, more likely to text a partner \"u still up?\" Weaving together over one hundred years of history with scenes from the contemporary landscape, \u003ci\u003eLabor of Love\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fresh feminist perspective on how we came to date the ways we do. This isn't a guide to \"getting the guy.\" There are no ridiculous \"rules\" to follow. Instead, Weigel helps us understand how looking for love shapes who we are--and hopefully leads us closer to the happy ending that dating promises.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoira Weigel\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Brooklyn. Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian, The Nation, The New Republic, n+1, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New Inquiry, \u003c\/i\u003eamong other publications, and she is currently completing a PhD in Comparative Literature at Yale University. After years of first-person research on dating, she is off the market.\u003ci\u003e Labor of Love\u003c\/i\u003e is her first book\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 22, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52515066970419,"sku":"9780374536954","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/akRUdUdaR0ZwT0Q0eGdPTGdyK29aUT09.webp?v=1760396387","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/labor-of-love-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}