The coloniality/modernity in the myth of “romantic-love”

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https://doi.org/10.9771/peri.v1i21.57499

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The purpose of this article is to analyze the mythification of “romantic-love” and the underlying structures and conventions of monogamy and heteronormativity. The myth associated with romantic-love is encapsulated in the promise of happiness (Ahmed, 2010), discursively expressed in fairy tales as “and they lived happily ever after”. Romantic-love, as a project of the coloniality of love, regulates not only how we love but also what we love, quantifying bodies, affections, and social relations through a complex and intricate “political technology” (Lauretis, 1988). In this context, informed by feminist studies, there is a questioning of the standardization and hierarchy of desires and affections.

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Saru Vidal, University of Coimbra

PhD student in Feminist Studies at the Center for Social Studies and Faculty of Letters of the University of Coimbra.

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2025-02-22

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Vidal, S. (2025). The coloniality/modernity in the myth of “romantic-love”. Revista Periódicus, 1(21), 132–151. https://doi.org/10.9771/peri.v1i21.57499

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Vol. 1 No. 21 (2025): Defying monogamy: emergent biopolitics of relational dissidence

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Dossier 21- Defying monogamy: emergent biopolitics of relational dissidence

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