{"product_id":"outdated-samhita-mukhopadhyay-9781580053327","title":"Outdated: Why Dating Is Ruining Your Love Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eRomance and love are in a state of crisis: Statistically speaking, young women today are living romantic lives of all kinds--but they're still feeling bogged down by social, cultural, economic, and familial pressures to love in a certain way. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYoung women in the modern world have greater flexibility than ever when it comes to who we choose to love and how we choose to love them; but while social circumstances may have changed since our parents' generation, certain life expectations remain. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eOutdated\u003c\/i\u003e, Samhita Mukhopadhyay addresses the difficulty of negotiating loving relationships within the borderlands of race, culture, class, and sexuality-and of holding true to our convictions and maintaining our independence while we do it. \u003ci\u003eOutdated\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes how different forms of media, cultural norms, family pressure, and even laws, are produced to scare women into believing that if they don't devote themselves to finding a man, they'll be doomed to a life of loneliness and shame. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing interviews with young women that are living around, between, within, and outside of the romantic industrial complex, Mukhopadhyay weaves a narrative of the alternative ways that women today have elected to live their lives, and in doing so offers a fresh, feminist look at an old topic: How do diverse, independent young women date happily and successfully--and outside of the box?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Samhita Mukhopadhyay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1580053327\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781580053327\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seal Press (CA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/27\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2011","brand":"Samhita Mukhopadhyay","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43983622701311,"sku":"9781580053327","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_67c82be2-9643-4ace-b1bb-cc048ee7ec87.jpg?v=1683267748","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/outdated-samhita-mukhopadhyay-9781580053327","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}