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1 online resource (xxi, 250 pages) |
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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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
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 proposition of including same sex couples in marriage. Just what is at stake in these battles? This book examines the meanings of marriage for couples in the two first states to extend that right to same sex couples: California and Massachusetts. The two states provide a compelling contrast: while inches |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Text in English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Same-sex marriage -- Law and legislation -- California
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Same-sex marriage -- Law and legislation -- Massachusetts
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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LAW -- Gender & the Law.
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Same-sex marriage -- Law and legislation
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California
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Massachusetts
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780814724194 |
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0814724191 |
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