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Radical Challenges to the Family - From the Sixties to Same-Sex Marriage (Paperback)
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Radical Challenges to the Family - From the Sixties to Same-Sex Marriage (Paperback)
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Defending the nuclear family and extolling 'family values' have
long been central features of politics in capitalist societies, in
spite of radical left challenges from social, counter-cultural and
gay rights movements. This book examines these challenges as they
emerged in the 1960s and 1970s, re-appraising their relevance in
the light of recent developments, including the spread of more
diverse family forms and the rise of the same-sex marriage
movement. Drawing on archival research in the US, UK and Australia,
the author asks what the emergence of same-sex marriage movements
and legislation mean for challenges to the nuclear family in the
light of an original general hostility to marriage and family
structures in the gay liberation movement, whilst considering the
extent to which the nuclear family might be included in the list of
social and economic institutions subject to criticism on the part
of more recent anti-capitalist movements, such as Occupy. A
detailed study of the extent to which the nuclear family remains
susceptible to the radical critiques of the last century, Radical
Challenges to the Family examines whether the original challenges
shed light on ensuring social problems, including domestic
violence, child abuse, homophobia, and growing marital
dissatisfaction. As such, it will appeal to scholars of sociology
and politics with interests in gender and sexuality, the sociology
of the family and feminist thought.
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