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Not the marrying kind : a feminist critique of same-sex marriage.
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Title:Not the marrying kind : a feminist critique of same-sex marriage.
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Author/Creator:Barker, Nicola.
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Published/Created:Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
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Location:KOERNER LIBRARY stacks (Floor 1)Where is this?
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Call Number: HQ1033 .B37 2012
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Call Number: HQ1033 .B37 2012
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Location:KOERNER LIBRARY stacks (Floor 1)Where is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:Same-sex marriage--Cross-cultural studies.
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Description:xiv, 231 p. ; 24 cm.
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Series:Palgrave Macmillan socio-legal studies.
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ISBN:9780230299825
0230299822
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Contents:Machine generated contents note: Not the marrying kind?
Background
Cross-jurisdictional comparisons
Theoretical frameworks
Chapter outline
Part I
1. Marriage Model
Introduction
Marriage and the marriage model
Structure
Legal consequences
Ideology
Conclusion
2. Different Institutions for Same-Sex Relationships: A Departure from the Marriage Model?
Introduction
Domestic partnership
Reciprocal beneficiary
Civil union
Registered partnership
Civil partnership
Civil solidarity pact
De facto relationships
Conclusion
3. Same-Sex Marriage Litigation
Introduction
United States
Canada
South Africa
Conclusion
Part II
4. Arguments for Same-Sex Marriage
Introduction
Civilizing gays and strengthening marriage: the conservative case for same-sex marriage
Snakes and ladders: access to the legal benefits of marriage
Symbolic recognition
Formal equality and sameness
Recognizing diversity: lesbian difference, egalitarian marriage and political resistance
Conclusion
5. Second-Wave Theories for Third-Wave Families? Feminist Perspectives on (Same-Sex) Marriage
Introduction
Marriage and patriarchy: radical feminist perspectives
Marriage, patriarchy and capitalism: socialist feminist perspectives
Marriage and the (post)modern family
Marriage and the privatization of care
Conclusion
6. Of Outlaws and In-Laws: The `Ambivalent Gift' of Legal Legitimation
Introduction
Becoming in-laws: legal recognition as liberation?
Outlaws
In-laws
marginalization of `public sex' as compulsory heterosexuality
Towards a radical conception of recognition: a return to redistribution
Conclusion
Conclusion
Not the marrying kind
Recognizing all families? Beyond marriage and beyond conjugality.