Marie-Amelie George (Wake Forest University School of Law)

Family Matters

Queer Households and the Half-Century Struggle for Legal Recognition

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Produktbeschreibung

Family Matters uncovers the decades of advocacy which reshaped same-sex sexuality in American law and society. It will speak to readers interested in queer rights, social movement advocacy, and legal studies, while further contributing to current discourse and ongoing battles over LGBTQ+ rights today.

Produktdetails

• Studies in Legal History
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 385
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 155mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 690g
• ISBN-13: 9781009284400
• ISBN-10: 1009284401
• Artikelnr.: 69723979

Autorenporträt

Marie-Amélie George is a legal scholar and historian whose work focuses on the LGBTQ+ rights movement. She is Associate Professor of Law at Wake Forest University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; Part I. Queer Partners and Parents: 1. Legalizing queer life:
Alfred Kinsey and criminal law reform; 2. Contesting custody: social
science and queer parental rights; 3. Recognizing relationships: corporate
and municipal domestic partnership programs during the AIDS crisis; 4.
Adopting change: social workers, foster care, and the expansion of the
queer family; Part II. Straight Parents, Queer Children: 5. Combatting
violence: protecting the queer community on the streets and in the schools;
6. Teaching tolerance: the queer family comes out against hate; Part III.
Queer Families: 7. More perfect unions: marriage equality, public opinion,
and the queer family; Epilogue.