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Not the marrying kind : a feminist critique of same-sex marriage / Nicola Barker.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Palgrave Macmillan socio-legal studiesPublisher: Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012Description: xiv, 231 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0230299822
  • 9780230299825
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.848082 23
LOC classification:
  • HQ1033 .B37 2012
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- The marriage model -- Different institutions for same-sex relationships : a departure from the marriage model? -- Same-sex marriage litigation -- Arguments for same-sex marriage -- Second-wave theories for third-wave families? : feminist perspectives on (same-sex) marriage -- Of outlaws and in-laws : the "ambivalent gift" of legal legitimation -- Conclusion.
Summary: "A comprehensive exploration of current same-sex marriage debates in Australia, Canada, South Africa, the UK and the US, providing a critical analysis of the institution of marriage asking whether and how feminist critiques might apply to same-sex marriage and combining theories of second wave feminism with insights from contemporary queer theory."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-223) and index.

Introduction -- The marriage model -- Different institutions for same-sex relationships : a departure from the marriage model? -- Same-sex marriage litigation -- Arguments for same-sex marriage -- Second-wave theories for third-wave families? : feminist perspectives on (same-sex) marriage -- Of outlaws and in-laws : the "ambivalent gift" of legal legitimation -- Conclusion.

"A comprehensive exploration of current same-sex marriage debates in Australia, Canada, South Africa, the UK and the US, providing a critical analysis of the institution of marriage asking whether and how feminist critiques might apply to same-sex marriage and combining theories of second wave feminism with insights from contemporary queer theory."--Publisher description.

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