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License to Wed : What Legal Marriage Means to Same-Sex Couples /

A critical reader of the history of marriage understands that it is an institution that has always been in flux. It is also a decidedly complicated one, existing simultaneously in the realms of religion, law, and emotion. And yet recent years have seen dramatic and heavily waged battles over the pro...

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Autor principal: Richman, Kimberly D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface: Putting a Face on the Debate -- 1. Introduction: Situating the Meanings of Marriage -- 2. The Road to Same-Sex Marriage: The Beginning -- 3. The Rite as Right: Marriage as Material Right, Marriage as Strategy -- 4. Marriage as Protest: The Political Dimensions of Marital Motivation -- 5. Marriage as Validation: Subjects before (and after) the Law -- 6. Making It Personal: Marriage, Emotion, and Love inside and outside the Law -- 7. Conclusion: The Multiple Meanings of Marriage -- Appendix 1: Survey Instrument 
505 0 |a Appendix 2: Overview of Survey FindingsNotes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- About the Author 
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