|
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Family & relationships
|
Buy Now
Queering Marriage - Challenging Family Formation in the United States (Hardcover, New)
Loot Price: R3,164
Discovery Miles 31 640
|
|
|
Queering Marriage - Challenging Family Formation in the United States (Hardcover, New)
Series: Families in Focus
Expected to ship within 12 - 19 working days
|
Over four thousand gay and lesbian couples married in the city of
San Francisco in 2004. The first large-scale occurrence of legal
same-sex marriage, these unions galvanized a movement and reignited
the debate about whether same-sex marriage, as some hope,
challenges heterosexual privilege or, as others fear, preserves
that privilege by assimilating queer couples.
In "Queering Marriage," Katrina Kimport uses in-depth interviews
with participants in the San Francisco weddings to argue that
same-sex marriage cannot be understood as simply entrenching or
contesting heterosexual privilege. Instead, she contends, these new
legally sanctioned relationships can both reinforce as well as
disrupt the association of marriage and heterosexuality.
During her deeply personal conversations with same-sex spouses,
Kimport learned that the majority of respondents did characterize
their marriages as an opportunity to contest heterosexual
privilege. Yet, in a seeming contradiction, nearly as many also
cited their desire for access to the normative benefits of
matrimony, including social recognition and legal rights. Kimport's
research revealed that the pattern of ascribing meaning to marriage
varied by parenthood status and, in turn, by gender. Lesbian
parents were more likely to embrace normative meanings for their
unions; those who are not parents were more likely to define their
relationships as attempts to contest dominant understandings of
marriage.
By posing the question--can queers "queer" marriage?--Kimport
provides a nuanced, accessible, and theoretically grounded
framework for understanding the powerful effect of heterosexual
expectations on both sexual and social categories.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
(1)
