{"product_id":"hard-to-do-the-surprising-feminist-history-of-breaking-up-9781552453520","title":"Hard to Do: The Surprising, Feminist History of Breaking Up","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Jane Austen to Taylor Swift, a look at the surprising politics of romantic love and its dissolution.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhatever the underlying motives - be they love, financial security, or mere masochism - the fact is that getting involved in a romantic partnership is emotionally, morally, and even politically fraught.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHard To Do\u003c\/i\u003e, Kelli Mar a Korducki turns a Marxist lens on the relatively short history of romantic partnership, tracing how the socio-economic dynamics between men and women have transformed the ways women conceive of domestic partnership. With perceptive, reported insights on the ways marriage and divorce are legislated, the rituals of twentieth-century courtship, and contemporary practices for calling it off, Korducki reveals that, for all women, choosing to end a relationship is a radical action with very limited cultural precedent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKelli Mar?a Korducki is a journalist and cultural critic. Her byline has appeared frequently in the \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNational Post\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as in the \u003ci\u003eNew Inquiry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Walrus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVice\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eHairpin\u003c\/i\u003e, and many more publications in print and online. In 2012 she was named one of five young journalists 'most likely to succeed' by the \u003ci\u003eRyerson Review of Journalism\u003c\/i\u003e and was nominated for a 2015 National Magazine Award for 'Tiny Triumphs, ' a 10,000-word meditation on the humble hot dog for \u003ci\u003eLittle Brother Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also a former editor-in-chief of the popular daily news blog, Torontoist, where she helped to cultivate a diverse roster of offbeat culture reporters and essayists. She is based in Brooklyn and Toronto.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Coach House Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50873595953426,"sku":"9781552453520","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f34d9d9a-976c-4897-938d-c78df4e985a7.jpg?v=1737942729","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hard-to-do-the-surprising-feminist-history-of-breaking-up-9781552453520","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}