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Part memoir, part cultural exploration, Amore follows an American father as he and his teenage daughters journey into the heart of Rome, into the way Romans love and what they have to teach about its erosion in America.As his twin daughters approached adolescence, sociologist Roger Friedland was worried. The thing that most bothered him was not the erotic heat of its youth culture, but the lovelessness of its sex.Offered the chance to live and teach in Rome, Roger and his wife, Debra, seized the opportunity to take their family to live in a city where love is alive, family bonds hold, divorce and rape are rare, and “ciao, bella” is a constant refrain.In Amore, Friedland shares the stories of his family’s enchanted and unnerving passage into the heart of Rome and considers its lessons for America where love is at risk.



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Roger Friedland

Roger Friedland is a cultural and religious sociologist who is now writing on love, sex and God, as well as intersections of religion and politics around the world. He hopes to finish his book comparing the erotics of Rome and southern California this summer some time. Friedland is working with Janet Afary on the relationship of religion, gender and intimate life in Egypt, Tunisia, Iran and Turkey. Friedland teaches in the departments of Religious Studies and Sociology at University of California, Santa Barbara.



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