Overcoming Absence: From Love Letters to Skype

Camilla Skovbjerg Paldam

Overcoming Absence: From Love Letters to Skype

Institut for Kommunikation og Kultur - Kunsthistorie

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Abstract

In this chapter, I address the rhetoric of modern love correspondence – its various purposes, modes of communication, and meta-reflections on writing and media – from the beginning of the 20th century till today. I analyze how love and the beloved are mediated in the articulated desire and longing of love letters, and how love letters are used as a medium to overcome absence. I also reflect on the material status of love letters in relation to the technological development and subsequently the replacement of traditional letters by their digital counterparts such as email, text messages and real-time video chat like Skype.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Titel	The Materiality of Love : Essays on Affection and Cultural Practice
Redaktører	Anna Malinowska, Michael Gratzke
Antal sider	17
Udgivelsessted	New York, Oxon
Forlag	Routledge
Publikationsdato	2017
Sider	68-84
Kapitel	5
ISBN (Trykt)	978-0-415-78382-8
ISBN (Elektronisk)	978-1-315-22863-1
Status	Udgivet - 2017

Navn	Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies
Nummer	112

Emneord

Kærlighed
Kærlighedsbreve
Kærestebreve
Langdistanceforhold
Digitale medier

Sexuality Studies
Paldam, C. S. (Projektleder), Hammeken, C. A. (Deltager), Sencindiver, S. Y. (Deltager), Rosendal, J. (Deltager), Søndergaard, P. B. (Deltager), Bjergegaard, P. (Deltager), Skiveren, T. (Deltager), Søndergaard, M. L. J. (Deltager), Overgaard Hansen, K. (Deltager), Olsen, L. M. (Deltager), Dilling-Nielsen, L. (Deltager), Nyegaard, N. (Deltager) & Uldbjerg, S. (Deltager)
15/05/2013 → 13/12/2023
Projekter: Projekt › Forskning

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Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport/proceeding › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Forskning › peer review

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Sexuality Studies

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