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Conjugality: Marriage and Marriage-like Relationships before the Law
Heather Brook
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Description for Conjugality: Marriage and Marriage-like Relationships before the Law
Paperback. This book explores the regulation of intimate relationships today. Using historical and contemporary legal-political sources, the author investigates the changing meanings and effects of conjugality. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK; LAM; LNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
This book explores the regulation of intimate relationships today. Using historical and contemporary legal-political sources, the author investigates the changing meanings and effects of conjugality.
This book explores the regulation of intimate relationships today. Using historical and contemporary legal-political sources, the author investigates the changing meanings and effects of conjugality.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
228
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230120051
SKU
V9780230120051
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Heather Brook
Heather Brook is Senior Lecturer in the School of Social and Policy Studies at Flinders University, Australia.
Reviews for Conjugality: Marriage and Marriage-like Relationships before the Law
"Women's studies scholar Brook . . . critically interrogates marriage and the regulation of conjugal relationships. Aptly using theoretical insights from Foucault and Butler, she offers a sharp critique of feminist discussions of marriage as a stable social institution and proposes new ways of conceptualizing marriage as a dynamic arena of regulation based on governmentality, corporeality, and performativity. Basing her ... Read more