What Is Marriage For?: The Strange Social History of Our Most Intimate Institution - Couverture souple

Graff, E. J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0807041351 ISBN 13 : 9780807041352

Editeur : Beacon Press, 2004

Synopsis

In the wake of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's historic Goodridge decision, a reissue of the bible of the same-sex marriage movement

Will same-sex couples destroy "traditional" marriage, soon to be followed by the collapse of all civilization? That charge has been leveled throughout history whenever the marriage rules change. But marriage, as E. J. Graff shows in this lively, fascinating tour through the history of marriage in the West, has always been a social battleground, its rules constantly shifting to fit each era and economy. The marriage debates have been especially tumultuous for the past hundred and fifty years-in ways that lead directly to today's debate over whether marriage could mean not just Boy + Girl = Babies, but also Girl + Girl = Love.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

E. J. Graff is a journalist and independent scholar whose work has appeared in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, The Nation, The Village Voice, Out, and elsewhere. She is currently a visiting scholar at the Brandeis Women's Studies Research Center.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Beacon Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0807041351
• ISBN 13: 9780807041352
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 328
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible