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Valentine's Day Mini-Lecture

  • February 2020
  • Conference: N/A
  • At: Baton Rouge, LA
  • Affiliation: Louisiana State University
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Andrew Burns at Louisiana State University in Shreveport
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I decided to do a mini-lecture for fun on Valentine's day, in lieu of candy for 200 Introduction to Sociology students. The goal was to subtly reinforce concepts covered in earlier chapters (e.g. cultural diffusion, and multiculturalism) and to cover the sociological conceptions of love separately from later chapters on Sex and Gender. 2022 Update: I have uploaded a PowerPoint updating the style and content from the the original 2020 version.
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Valentine’s
Day:
Sociological
and Cross-
Cultural
Perspectives
A N D R E W B U R N S P H . D .
I N T R O D U C T O R Y S O C I O L O G Y
S P R I N G 2 0 2 2
Valentine’s Day History
•Originally a Christian feast day
•Currently celebrated annually February 14th
•First linked to love, romance around the 14th Century
•Often associated (erroneously with Roman holiday, Lupercalia
Di6erent Types
of Love
Originating from Ancient Greek
conceptions of love:
•Storge: Friendship
•Agape: Altruism
•Mania: Obsession
•Pragma: Pragmatic love
•Eros: Sexual love, desire,
excitement
February Fourteenth and Beyond:
Holidays Throughout the World
•Bulgaria: Winemaker’s Day
•Czech Republic: Maj Day (May 1st)
•South Africa: Lupercalia
South Korean Themed Love
Holidays
South Koreans celebrate love on the 14th of every month, including:
•January 14th – Diary/Candle Day
•February 14th – Valentines Day
•March 14th – White Day
•April 14th – Black Day
•June 14th – Kiss Day
Emotions: Mind, Body, and
Society
•Physiology
•Elevated heartrate
•Lightheadedness
•Sweating
•Gastrointestinal activity
•Mental – stimuli drives physiological response
•Socio-Cultural – cultural rules on what stimuli to acknowledge &
how to react
Happy Valentine’s
Day!
F R O M : A N D R E W B U R N S P H . D .
T O : YO U

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