Loving the Stranger: Mixed Couples and Mixed Emotions
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https://doi.org/10.7202/1088068arAbstract
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 couple hood’ 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
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2022-03-18
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