CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. Introduction: The Troubles We Desire 1
5. Chapter One Some Kinda Love: A (Provisional) Map 19
6. Chapter Two “He Has Kissed Her with His Freedom”: Bound by Ambivalence 50
7. Excursus Why Erotic Love? 84
8. Chapter Three The Mess We Are In: Toward a Critical Theory of Love 105
9. Chapter Four Avalanche: Erotic Emotions and Affects 148
10. Chapter Five Joy as an Act of Resistance: Erotic Education 178
11. NOTES 215
12. BIBLIOGRAPHY 241
13. INDEX 253