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[GE Salon 2016-17] Love, sex, and money: Some reflections from an anthropologist

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[GE Salon 2016-17] Love, sex, and money: Some reflections from an anthropologist

Date:

24 Nov 2016

Time:

7 – 9 pm

Venue:

LT4, Yasumoto International Academic Park, CUHK

Speaker(s):

Cheng Sea Ling

Enquiries:

gefp@cuhk.edu.hk

Synopsis of Lecture:

In Chinese only.
愛情是一見鍾情、一生一世、日久常新?是一發不可收拾的激情浪漫,充滿疾忌和佔有慾?是默默耕耘的無私奉獻,放手只為成全別人? 愛情和性又究竟有著怎樣的關係,為什麼這一配對既被追捧成神聖的結合,但又處處受盡規範,為的是什麼的理想,誰的道德,甚麼世代的秩序? 為什麼將金錢與愛情或性相提並論,便會令(某些)人磨牙切齒,有如褻瀆神靈?金錢有著什麼的力量可以沾污愛情、或是性? 這一系列對愛情、性、和金錢的觀念,也是現代性的情感體現,屬於現代社會對自我,性別、家庭,道德、和社會秩序的再現。 鄭詩靈從人類學的跨文化和歷史角度,剖析現代人對浪漫愛情的追求,解拆「愛情」的意識形態。

Remarks:

Conducted in Cantonese Free admission, all are welcome.
Organized by Office of University General Education, CUHK
Sponsored by General Education Foundation Development Fund