Susanna Browne

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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/2014/10/13/amazing-proposal-stories?utm_source=tny&utm_campaign=generalsocial&utm_medium=facebook&mbid=social_facebook

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/10/is-gone-girl-feminist-or-misogynist-its-both-and-neither/381161/

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/01/19/a-couple-in-chicago

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