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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Richman, Kimberly D. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, Ã2014.
Subjects:
Same-sex marriage > Law and legislation > California.
Same-sex marriage > Law and legislation > Massachusetts.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
LAW > Gender & the Law.
Same-sex marriage > Law and legislation
California
Massachusetts
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • 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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