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Modern romance, Aziz Ansari with Eric Klinenberg

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At some point, every one of us embarks on a journey to find love. We meet people, date, get into and out of relationships, all with the hope of finding someone with whom we share a deep connection. This seems standard now, but it's wildly different from what people did even just decades ago. Single people today have more romantic options than at any point in human history. With technology, our abilities to connect with and sort through these options are staggering. So why are so many people frustrated? Some of our problems are unique to our time: "Why did this guy just text me an emoji of a pizza?" "Should I go out with this girl even though she listed Combos as one of her favorite snack foods? Combos?!" "My girlfriend just got a message from some dude named Nathan. Who's Nathan? Did he just send her a photo of his penis? Should I check just to be sure?" But the transformation of our romantic lives can't be explained by technology alone. In a short period of time, the whole culture of finding love has changed dramatically. A few decades ago, people would find a decent person who lived in their neighborhood. Their families would meet and, after deciding neither party seemed like a murderer, they would get married and soon have a kid, all by the time they were twenty-four. Today, people marry later than ever and spend years of their lives on a quest to find the perfect person, a soul mate. For years, Aziz Ansari has been aiming his comic insight at modern romance, but for this book he decided he needed to take things to another level. He teamed up with NYU sociologist Eric Klinenberg and designed a massive research project, including hundreds of interviews and focus groups conducted everywhere from Tokyo to Buenos Aires to Wichita. They analyzed behavioral data and surveys and created their own online research forum on Reddit, which drew thousands of messages. They enlisted the world's leading social scientists, including Andrew Cherlin, Eli Finkel, Helen Fisher, Sheena Iyengar, Barry Schwartz, Sherry Turkle, and Robb Willer. The result is unlike any social science or humor book we've seen before
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eng
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277 pages
Contents
  • Searching for your soul mate
  • The initial ask
  • Online dating
  • Choice and options
  • International investigations of love
  • Old issues, new forms: Sexting, cheating, snooping, and breaking up
  • Settling down
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9780143109259
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Modern romance
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Modern romance
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Aziz Ansari with Eric Klinenberg
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Language
eng
Summary
At some point, every one of us embarks on a journey to find love. We meet people, date, get into and out of relationships, all with the hope of finding someone with whom we share a deep connection. This seems standard now, but it's wildly different from what people did even just decades ago. Single people today have more romantic options than at any point in human history. With technology, our abilities to connect with and sort through these options are staggering. So why are so many people frustrated? Some of our problems are unique to our time: "Why did this guy just text me an emoji of a pizza?" "Should I go out with this girl even though she listed Combos as one of her favorite snack foods? Combos?!" "My girlfriend just got a message from some dude named Nathan. Who's Nathan? Did he just send her a photo of his penis? Should I check just to be sure?" But the transformation of our romantic lives can't be explained by technology alone. In a short period of time, the whole culture of finding love has changed dramatically. A few decades ago, people would find a decent person who lived in their neighborhood. Their families would meet and, after deciding neither party seemed like a murderer, they would get married and soon have a kid, all by the time they were twenty-four. Today, people marry later than ever and spend years of their lives on a quest to find the perfect person, a soul mate. For years, Aziz Ansari has been aiming his comic insight at modern romance, but for this book he decided he needed to take things to another level. He teamed up with NYU sociologist Eric Klinenberg and designed a massive research project, including hundreds of interviews and focus groups conducted everywhere from Tokyo to Buenos Aires to Wichita. They analyzed behavioral data and surveys and created their own online research forum on Reddit, which drew thousands of messages. They enlisted the world's leading social scientists, including Andrew Cherlin, Eli Finkel, Helen Fisher, Sheena Iyengar, Barry Schwartz, Sherry Turkle, and Robb Willer. The result is unlike any social science or humor book we've seen before
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1983-
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Ansari, Aziz
Dewey number
  • 646.770207
  • 306.7/0207
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
HQ801
LC item number
.A525 2015
Literary form
non fiction
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bibliography
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Klinenberg, Eric
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  • Man-woman relationships
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Dating
  • Dating
  • Courtship
  • Courtship
  • Dating
  • Courtship
  • Dating
  • Man-woman relationships
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adult
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Modern romance, Aziz Ansari with Eric Klinenberg
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-266) and index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
Contents
Searching for your soul mate -- The initial ask -- Online dating -- Choice and options -- International investigations of love -- Old issues, new forms: Sexting, cheating, snooping, and breaking up -- Settling down
Control code
1607276
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
277 pages
Isbn
9780143109259
Lccn
2015460409
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unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (chiefly color)
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 1607276
  • (OCoLC)894026164
Label
Modern romance, Aziz Ansari with Eric Klinenberg
Link
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-266) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Searching for your soul mate -- The initial ask -- Online dating -- Choice and options -- International investigations of love -- Old issues, new forms: Sexting, cheating, snooping, and breaking up -- Settling down
Control code
1607276
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
277 pages
Isbn
9780143109259
Lccn
2015460409
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (chiefly color)
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 1607276
  • (OCoLC)894026164

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