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Unlocking The Love-Lock: History and Heritage of a Contemporary Custom
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Unlocking The Love-Lock: History and Heritage of a Contemporary Custom
Current price: $145.00
Barnes and Noble
Unlocking The Love-Lock: History and Heritage of a Contemporary Custom
Current price: $145.00
Size: Hardcover
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“[T]his is an eminently enjoyable and thorough investigation of a popular phenomenon through the lens of heritage and folk tradition.”—Sara De Nardi, Western Sydney University
A padlock is a mundane object, designed to fulfil a specific – and secular – purpose. A contemporary custom has given padlocks new significance. This custom is ‘love-locking’, where padlocks are engraved with names and attached to bridges in declaration of romantic commitment. This custom became popular in the 2000s, and its dissemination was rapid, geographically unbound, and highly divisive, with love-locks emerging in locations as diverse as Paris and Taiwan; New York and Seoul; Melbourne and Moscow.
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