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9781403976567

Conjugal Rites Marriage and Marriage-like Relationships before the Law

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  • ISBN13:

    9781403976567

  • ISBN10:

    1403976562

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-12-15
  • Publisher: Palgrave-Macmillan

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Summary

This book explores the regulation of intimate relationships today. Its raw materials are fascinating and sometimes salacious. Addressing questions ranging from whether a virgin can be a party to adultery, to whether a man can be a wife, each chapter deals with a theme of conjugality. Using historical and contemporary legal-political sources, the author unites past and present, public and private, to investigate the changing meanings and effects of conjugality, and challenge the way we think about sex, gender and relationships.

Author Biography

Heather Brook is Lecturer in Women's Studies and Sociology, Flinders University, Australia.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Proposals and Proposition
Women and Wives: Stalemate?: Theorizing Conjugality
Making Marriage: Validity and Nullity
Union: Adultery and Other Sexual Performative
Marriage "Beyond the Pale:" Miscegenation, "Mixed" Marriage, and Assimilation
S/he Done Me Wrong: Matrimonial Offenses and No Fault Divorce
The "Limping" Marriage: Regulating Cohabitation
Queer Propositions: Sex and Sexualities
Conclusion: Sex/Marriage/Conjugality
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