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Marriage Proposals : Questioning a Legal Status /

The essays in Marriage Proposals envision a variety of scenarios in which adults would continue to join themselves together seeking permanent companionship and sustenance, linking sexual intimacy to a long commitment, usually caring for each other, and building new families. What would disappear are...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bernstein, Anita (Contribuidor, Editor ), Davis, Peggy Cooper (Contribuidor), Fineman, Martha Albertson (Contribuidor), McClain, Linda C. (Contribuidor), Miller, Marshall (Contribuidor), Rosen, Lawrence (Contribuidor), Shanley, Mary Lyndon (Contribuidor), Solot, Dorian (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : New York University Press, [2006]
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Challenges to the Status of Marriage
  • Chapter 1. The Meaning of Marriage
  • Chapter 2. Taking Government Out of the Marriage Business
  • Chapter 3. What Place for Marriage (E)quality in Marriage Promotion?
  • Part II. Some Perils of Attempting Abolition
  • Chapter 4. Anthropological Perspectives on the Abolition of Marriage
  • Chapter 5. Marriage as a "Badge and Incident" of Democratic Freedom
  • Chapter 6. The State of Marriage and the State in Marriage
  • Afterword
  • About the Contributors
  • Index