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Not The Marrying Kind: A Feminist Critique of Same-Sex Marriage

Barker, Nicola J. (2012) Not The Marrying Kind: A Feminist Critique of Same-Sex Marriage. Palgrave Macmillan, 248 pp. ISBN 978-0-230-29982-5. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:30455)

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Abstract

Not the Marrying Kind is a new and comprehensive exploration of the contemporary same-sex marriage debates in several jurisdictions including Australia, Canada, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States. It departs from much of the existing scholarship on same-sex marriage, which argues either for or against marriage for same-sex couples. Instead, this book begins from a critical analysis of the institution of marriage itself (as well as separate forms of relationship recognition, such as civil partnership, PaCS, domestic partnership) and asks whether and how feminist critiques of marriage might be applied specifically to same-sex marriage. In doing this, the author combines the theories of second wave feminism with insights from contemporary queer theory.

Item Type: Book
Subjects: K Law
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > Kent Law School
Depositing User: N. Barker
Date Deposited: 11 Sep 2012 13:56 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:08 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/30455 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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