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Queering Marriage : Challenging Family Formation in the United States /

In-depth interviews with participants in non-traditional families are used to argue that same-sex marriage cannot be understood as simply entrenching or contesting heterosexual privilege. Instead, the author contends that these new legally-sanctioned relationships can both reinforce as well as disru...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kimport, Katrina, 1978-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In-depth interviews with participants in non-traditional families are used to argue that same-sex marriage cannot be understood as simply entrenching or contesting heterosexual privilege. Instead, the author contends that these new legally-sanctioned relationships can both reinforce as well as disrupt the association of marriage and heterosexuality. She provides a nuanced, accessible, and theoretically grounded framework for understanding the powerful effect of heterosexual expectations on both sexual and social categories.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (212 pages).
ISBN:9780813562230