Conjugal Rites
Marriage and Marriage-Like Relationships Before the Law
Brook, Heather
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BOOK SUMMARY
This book explores the regulation of intimate relationships today. Its raw materials are fascinating and sometimes salacious. Addressing questions ranging from whether a virgin can be a party to adultery, to whether a man can be a wife, each chapter deals
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This book explores the regulation of intimate relationships today. Its raw materials are fascinating and sometimes salacious. Addressing questions ranging from whether a virgin can be a party to adultery, to whether a man can be a wife, each chapter deals with a theme of conjugality. Using historical and contemporary legal-political sources, the author unites past and present, public and private, to investigate the changing meanings and effects of conjugality, and challenge the way we think about sex, gender and relationships.Â
AUTHOR BIO
Heather Brook is Lecturer in Women's Studies and Sociology, Flinders University, Australia.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction: Propositions, Proposals * Women and Wives: Stalemate? * Sex/Gender: Husbands, Wives, Spouses * Union: Sexual Performatives * Race Trouble: Marriage and the Politics of Assimilation * Consenting Adults: Sex and Crime in Marriage * Adversarial versus No-Fault Divorce * Living Together * Sex and Sexualities
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 1403976562
ISBN(13-digit): 9781403976567
Dewey Decimal: 346.01/609
Library of Congress: 2007023136
Book Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 257
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