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Conjugal Misconduct - Defying Marriage Law in the Twentieth-Century United States (Paperback)
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Conjugal Misconduct - Defying Marriage Law in the Twentieth-Century United States (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society
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Conjugal Misconduct reveals the hidden history of controversial and
legally contested marital arrangements in twentieth-century
America. William Kuby examines the experiences of couples in
unconventional unions and the legal and cultural backlash generated
by a wide array of 'alternative' marriages. These include marriages
established through personal advertisements and matchmaking
bureaus, marriages that defied state eugenic regulations, hasty
marriages between divorced persons, provisional and temporary
unions referred to as 'trial marriages', racial intermarriages, and
a host of other unions that challenged sexual and marital norms. In
illuminating the tensions between those who set marriage policies
and those who defied them, Kuby offers a fresh account of
marriage's contested history, arguing that although marital
nonconformists composed only a small minority of the population,
their atypical arrangements nonetheless shifted popular
understandings of marriage and consistently refashioned the legal
parameters of the institution.
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