Queering marriage : challenging family formation in the United States / Katrina Kimport.
In-depth interviews with participants in non-traditional families are used to argue that same-sex marriage cannot be understood as simply entrenching or contesting heterosexual privilege. Instead, Katrina Kimport contends that these new legally sanctioned relationships can both reinforce as well as...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Brunswick, New Jersey :
Rutgers University Press,
[2014]
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| Series: | Families in focus.
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| Summary: | In-depth interviews with participants in non-traditional families are used to argue that same-sex marriage cannot be understood as simply entrenching or contesting heterosexual privilege. Instead, Katrina Kimport contends that these new legally sanctioned relationships can both reinforce as well as disrupt the association of marriage and heterosexuality. She provides a nuanced, accessible, and theoretically grounded framework for understanding the powerful effect of heterosexual expectations on both sexual and social categories. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781461951957 146195195X 9780813562230 0813562236 1306118182 9781306118187 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |