Romantic Relationship: The Interpretation of Memory in Representation (An Cognitive Anthropology Perspective)
- Keywords
- Romantic Relationship, Life History, Meanings, Expression, Young Adult Women
- Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to examine the relation between the life history of young adult women and their romantic relationship with their partners. This research methodology is qualitative study, conducts a cognitive anthropology approach, an interpretative approach, and indepth interview method with five young adult women who are currently involved in a romantic relationship. Result of this study show that romantic relationships can be seen as an expression of young adult women’s life experiences. In this context, the experiences that they have undergone regarding their parents marriage have affected the way they take meanings of romantic relationships. Also, the figure of their fathers have also affected the way they determine the kind of men’s figure they seek in a partner of a romantic relationship. In conclusion for this study, that both cognitive schemas and life experiences of young adult women play a significant role in determining the meanings they take of romantic relationships and also how they see romantic relationships in a greater scale in their life. Recommendation of this research, cognitive anthropological perspective studies need to be linked in a multidisciplinary way so that the holistic explanation is achieved.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - RF. Hasna Karimah AU - Prihandoko Sanjatmiko PY - 2018/12 DA - 2018/12 TI - Romantic Relationship: The Interpretation of Memory in Representation (An Cognitive Anthropology Perspective) BT - Proceedings of International Conference on Issues in Social and Education Research (ICISER 2017) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 63 EP - 67 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://www.atlantis-press.com/article/55910566 ID - Karimah2018/12 ER -