Love and marriage in Brazil have a fascinating history that has been influenced by conquest and slavery during the early European settlements. Following European connections had a substantial impact on the development of Brazilian society, communities, and families. Being a … Continue reading
How Brazilians Distinguish Between Passionate Love and True Love
The Brazilian Portuguese word “amor,” which means “love,” refers to a wide range of beliefs, feelings, emotions, attitudes, and behaviors that characterize gender relationships, sexual encounters, and emotional connections. The challenges, however, arise when people distinguish between the “paixao” and … Continue reading
The Paradoxical Type of Latin Macho Man
The type of macho man has become a well-known cultural label, characterizing the typical image of a Latin man. This stereotype commonly describes a strong man with certain attributes of masculinity, such as demanding respect, assertive attitudes, domineering behavior, and … Continue reading
The Important Merits of “Marianistas” in Latin America
The cultures of Central and South American societies are substantially derived from colonial and Catholic traditions. So, this history shaped customary gender inequalities and patriarchal family organization in the countries of that geographical region. But the way people lived in … Continue reading
The Culture of “Marianismo” in Latin America
Many sociocultural conditions in Central and South America derived from colonial and Catholic traditions have significantly influenced gender relations, love, and marital partnership in many countries in that geographical region. The Latin American cultural ideas of “machismo” and “marianismo” are … Continue reading
Who Is “Macho” and What Do Machos Do in Latin America?
The words “machismo” and “macho” originated in colonial times in Central and South America and characterize the key Latin American attributes of manliness. A modern understanding of “machismo” includes the assertion of male dominance in everyday life. This cultural stereotype … Continue reading
How “Romantic Love” Conquered Literary Fiction
The article reviews the findings of recent studies on how the idea of romantic love appears in literary fiction in many cultures across the world. What the Early Scholars of Love Believed Researchers of literary history once believed romantic love … Continue reading
What Is “Romantic” in Romantic Love Across Cultures?
Once, Western historians and literary scholars believed that “romantic love” was invented by West-European civilizations during the Medieval and Early Modern periods. Beginning with the “courtly love” (amour courtois) of the 12th and 13th centuries in France, Spain, and Germany, … Continue reading
How Did “Romantic Love” Emerge in the Literary Evolution?
We evidently recognize that “romantic love” can exist on both the plane of cultural ideas and the plane of individual realities. Folklore, poems, novels, and other pieces of literature and art represent the “ideas of love” as made-up fiction with … Continue reading
Who Invented “Romantic Love”?
A great variety of feelings, emotions, motivations, dispositions, traits, and values represent people’s experiences of love. Romantic love includes certain cultural ideas, beliefs, storylines, narrative schemes, and emotions. There are two realms in which romantic love exists: the realm of … Continue reading