{"product_id":"9781552453520-hard-to-do","title":"Hard To Do: The Surprising, Feminist History of Breaking Up (Exploded Views","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Surprising, Feminist History of Breaking Up\u003cbr\u003eFrom Jane Austen to Taylor Swift, a look at the surprising politics of romantic love and its dissolution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhatever the underlying motivesbe they love, financial security, or mere masochismthe fact is that getting involved in a romantic partnership is emotionally, morally, and even politically fraught. In \u003ci\u003eHard To Do\u003c\/i\u003e, Kelli Marìa Korducki turns a Marxist lens on the relatively short history of romantic love, tracing how the myth of economic equality between men and women has transformed the ways women conceive of domestic partnership. With perceptive, reported insights on the ways marriage and divorce are legislated, the rituals of twentieth-century courtship, and contemporary practices for calling it off, Korducki reveals that, for all women, choosing to end a relationship is a radical action with very limited cultural precedent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKelli Marìa Korducki\u003c\/b\u003e is a journalist and cultural critic. Her byline has appeared frequently in the \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNational Post\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as in the \u003ci\u003eNew Inquiry\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, the \u003ci\u003eWalrus, Vice\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eHairpin\u003c\/i\u003e. She was nominated for a 2015 Canadian National Magazine Award for \"Tiny Triumphs,\" a 10,000-word meditation on the humble hot dog for \u003ci\u003eLittle Brother Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. A former editor-in-chief of the popular daily news blog \u003ci\u003eTorontoist\u003c\/i\u003e, Korducki is based in Brooklyn and Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55201673118070,"sku":"9781552453520","price":12.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_30347031.jpg?v=1738102021","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781552453520-hard-to-do","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}