Kelli Maria Korducki

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Hard to Do

The Surprising, Feminist History of Breaking Up

From Jane Austen to Taylor Swift, Hard to Do breaks down the surprising politics of romantic love and its dissolution. Whatever the underlying motives – love, money, or mere masochism … 146 View
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Introduction

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Western culture upholds the nuclear family as its foundation. Yet, in recent years women have gained more freedom to leave relationships they previously were unable to. Korducki states that she … 17 $1.70 Add
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Leaving a Good Man™

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Korducki highlights the trauma of breaking up with her long-term partner and explores why society believes women are "hard-wired" to be nurturing mothers. 23 $2.30 Add
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The Birth of Love, and Liberty

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Korducki examines the shift in marriage from one of practical, pragmatic partnership to one that prioritized personal happiness. 31 $3.10 Add
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Lie Back and Think of Paperwork

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Korducki highlights the legal obstacles that prohibited many from getting married and prevented others from filing for divorce. 18 $1.80 Add
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A Love Freely Chosen

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This chapter explores the Dred Scott case of 1857 and its legal implications in regard to family-making, specifically marriage, for Black people during and after the US Civil War. 20 $2.00 Add
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Sex (and Settlement) in the City

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Korducki explores, or rather explodes, the myth of the 1920s Flapper popularized today and its inherent symbols – independent women, bobbed hair, rouged cheeks, smoking cigarettes, driving … 31 $3.10 Add
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Life’s Short. Get a Divorce.

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Following the Second World War the number of marriages soared, but with new economic agency and the advent of the women’s liberation movement, the 1970s witnessed a new wave of divorce. 27 $2.70 Add
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Seeing Other People

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Although the nuclear family is nowhere close to being obsolete, Korducki examines new, ever expanding patterns of cohabitation. 23 $2.30 Add
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The End

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Women are moving past the "confines of the nuclear-family" and exploring new forms of relationships. 15 $1.50 Add
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Acknowledgements

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Korducki’s acknowledgements. 1 $0.10 Add
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About the author

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Short author biography, includes photo 1 $0.10 Add