Kenneth A. Loparo

Conjugality

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the regulation of intimate relationships today. Using historical and contemporary legal-political sources, the author investigates the changing meanings and effects of conjugality.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan Education / Palgrave Macmillan US / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-230-12005-1
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 369g
• ISBN-13: 9780230120051
• ISBN-10: 0230120059
• Artikelnr.: 41644045

Autorenporträt

Heather Brook is Senior Lecturer in the School of Social and Policy Studies at Flinders University, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Theorizing Conjugality
3. Making Marriage
4. Sex Magic
5. Marriage Beyond the Pale
6. Fault
7. No-Fault
8. Cohabitation
9. Same-sex Marriage
10. Conclusion

Rezensionen

"Women's studies scholar Brook . . . critically interrogates marriage and the regulation of conjugal relationships. Aptly using theoretical insights from Foucault and Butler, she offers a sharp critique of feminist discussions of marriage as a stable social institution and proposes new ways of conceptualizing marriage as a dynamic arena of regulation based on governmentality, corporeality, and performativity. Basing her study on the analysis of legal and social discourse in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, Brook applies her framework in discussing historical and contemporary issues around marriage including same-sex marriage, cohabitation, and divorce . . . Overall, this is an important contribution to the field of women's studies and feminist theory, and will also be widely accessible for readers who want to learn more about changing meanings of marriage and intimate relationships. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries." - CHOICE