Uses of history in the press and in court during California's battle over Proposition 8 : casting same-sex marriage as a civil right /

Li sees through the media's white noise on the issue of same sex marriage to discover that opponents of Proposition 8 often made claims about the past to sway public perception. These arguments were based on claims evoking a historical sense of the institution of marriage, but to a certain exte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Li, Anqi
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2012.
Temas:
California. > Proposition 8 (2008)
Proposition 8 (California : 2008)
Same-sex marriage > Press coverage > California.
Same-sex marriage > Law and legislation > California.
Same-sex marriage > Press coverage > United States.
Law reports, digests, etc. > United States.
Historiography > Social aspects.
Mass media and history.
Homosexuels > Mariage > Couverture de presse > Californie.
Homosexuels > Mariage > Couverture de presse > États-Unis.
Jurisprudence > Recueils, répertoires, etc. > États-Unis.
Médias et histoire.
LAW > Family Law > Marriage.
Law reports, digests, etc.
Same-sex marriage > Law and legislation.
Sociology & Social History.
Social Sciences.
Family & Marriage.
California.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Journalistic and judicial thoughts on history and marriage
  • Structure of the study
  • Assessment of the texts and themes on marriage equality
  • Final thoughts
  • Conclusions.

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