Critical Perspectives on 21st Century Frienship, Polyamory, Polgamy and Platonic Affinity

This anthology takes an international and cross-cultural approach to discussions about friendship by curating a set of diverse contributions situated in a transnational context. These interdisciplinary contributions take friendship seriously as a subject of feminist and legal study and hone in specifically on polyamory, polygamy, and Platonic affinities, considering the sexual and non-sexual ties of affect and affinity that link a diverse range of contemporary friendships that exist cross-culturally. This highly original book teases out commonalities between experiences of affinity that are enmeshed with the differences between social, national, legal, and cultural frameworks that surround these relationships of affinity and affect, and troubles forms of government and legal regulation that prohibit or fail to recognize the consensual interdependence connecting diverse forms of human friendship.

Rebecca Bromwich, PhD, LLM, LLB is a lawyer, legal scholar, and mother of four. She is Director of the Graduate Diploma in Conflict Resolution Program in the Department of Law and Legal Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, as well as a practicing lawyer in the fields of criminal and family law. Olivia Ungar is an honours student in the law and legal studies program at Carleton University, in Ottawa, Canada. Noémie Richard is currently completing her 2nd year as an undergraduate honours student in the Bachelors of Global and International Studies at Carleton University, specializing in Global Law and Social Justice. Noémie Richard is currently completing her 2nd year as an undergraduate honours student in the Bachelors of Global and International Studies at Carleton University, specializing in Global Law and Social Justice.