Manning, Paul, 1964-

Love stories : language, private love, and public romance in Georgia / Language, private love, and public romance in Georgia Paul Manning. - North York, Ontario ; Tonawanda, New York : University of Toronto Press, (c)2015. Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (xxxiii, 157 pages) : illustrations, maps. - Teaching culture: UTP ethnographies for the classroom .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction : Setting the stage for romance -- The ambassador -- Spending the night together -- Going steady -- Invisible love poetry -- Demons, danger, and desire : the "aragvian" sexual revolution -- Intelligentsia and people : a love story -- Echoes of love lost : socialist novels and films.

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.



9781442608986

20149071272


Khevsurs--Sexual behavior.
Khevsurs--Social life and customs.
Ethnology--Georgia (Republic)--Xevsuret.Ai.


Electronic Books.

DK673 / .L684 2015