Not the marrying kind : a feminist critique of same-sex marriage / Nicola Barker.
Material type: TextSeries: Palgrave Macmillan socio-legal studiesPublisher: Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012Description: xiv, 231 pages ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0230299822
- 9780230299825
- 306.848082 23
- HQ1033 .B37 2012
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306.84720207 ATT Mummy doesn't do it like that : a laugh-out-cry-out-loud book for dads / | 306.848 BLA The future of marriage / | 306.848 SNY Gay marriage and democracy : equality for all / | 306.848082 BAR Not the marrying kind : a feminist critique of same-sex marriage / | 306.84809743 MOA Civil wars : a battle for gay marriage / | 306.85 ALL Child development / | 306.85 ANA Analysing families : morality and rationality in policy and practice / |
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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