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

    • Title:Not the marrying kind : a feminist critique of same-sex marriage.
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    • Author/Creator:Barker, Nicola.
    • Published/Created:Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Same-sex marriage--Cross-cultural studies.
    • Description:xiv, 231 p. ; 24 cm.
    • Series:Palgrave Macmillan socio-legal studies.
    • ISBN:9780230299825
      0230299822
    • 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.
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