Strange Bedfellows - Marriage in the Age of Women''s Liberation

Informationen zum Autor Alison Lefkovitz Klappentext Alison Lefkovitz teaches history in the Federated History Department at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers University-Newark. Zusammenfassung Strange Bedfellows recounts the unlikely ways in which the efforts of feminists and divorced men's activists dovetailed with the activity of lawmakers! judges! welfare activists! immigrant spouses! the LGBTQ community! the Reagan coalition! and other Americans! to redefine family and marriage without relying on traditional gender norms. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1. The Problem of Marriage in the Era of Women's Liberation Chapter 2. The End of Breadwinning and Homemaking Chapter 3. Blaming Feminism for the Fragile Family Chapter 4. Race, Welfare, and Marriage Regulation Chapter 5. Sham Marriages, Real Love, and Immigration Reform Chapter 6. Gay Marriage and "Homosexual Households" Conclusion. The End of Marriage as We Know It Notes Index Acknowledgments

Product details

• Authors: Alison Lefkovitz
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2018
• EAN: 9780812250152
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-5015-2
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Politics and Culture in Modern; Politics and Culture in Modern America; Politics and Culture in Modern America; Politics and Culture in Modern
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Partnership, sexuality; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous