Susanna Browne
Thesis Proposal – 1st Draft
Tentative Title
Relation to previous practice
Relation to a larger context
Practical steps
I have been reading a variety of materials on and related to ideas of Romantic Love, from wedding blogs themselves, to academic texts, to more scientific books on how and why we love. I also recently visited a wedding fair here in Rotterdam, where I made notes and videos of both the vendors and the attendees. Since TV and film also informs a collective idea of romantic love to many, I plan to move in from this angle as well. I’ve been trying to corral/collecting all of my material into one place, and have subsequently created a website for the occasion called Champagne Princess. File:Http://champagneprincess.weebly.com I hope the website is something a bride to be might come across and think for a second might be something she could use.
References
To start:
The Book of the Lover and the Beloved, Ramón Llul, 13th c.
A Bunny's Tale, Gloria Steinhem, 1963
A General Theory of Love, Thomas Lewis M.D., Fari Amini, M.D., Richard Lanon, M.D., 2000
In Praise of Love, Alain Badiou, 2012
On Love, Stendhal, 1822
A Lover's Discourse, Roland Barthes, 1978
The Mimetic Desire of Pablo and Francesa, Renee Girard, 1976
http://aeon.co/magazine/psychology/the-warped-world-of-1950s-marriage-counselling/
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/10/what-women-want-a-brief-history/381094/
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/01/19/a-couple-in-chicago