karasu no ko's review of Lust in Translation: The Rules of Infidelity from Tokyo to Tennessee
Lust in Translation: The Rules of Infidelity from Tokyo to Tennessee by Pamela Druckerman
karasu no ko's review
rating:
bookshelves:
non-fiction--social-cultural
recommended for:
degree-holders in anthropology, anyone who's been in a relationship, anyone who's curious
status:
Read in January, 2007
This book truly gave me insight into the perspective of other cultures on something as old as culture itself. It goes by many names: cheating, infidelity, adultery, gettin' some on the side. In any case, it's something that goes on everywhere, yet how people treat it differs from place to place. It gave me some surprises, and some worries, on how infidelity is commenced, and the author herself gave us good enough distance on the subject, while at the same time providing her own thoughts in a generally nonjudgemental manner. The opinion we do see from her writing, and one I tend to agree with, is that American culture still uses the Scarlet Letter in a fashion, except the "cheater" is stuck going on Dr Phil for all of the television audience members to boo at him or her, or the incident is pounced upon by the marriage counselling industry and self-helpers.
It's intriguing, especially for social science geeks like me.
It's intriguing, especially for social science geeks like me.
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