"Wedded Wife by Rachael Lennon is a fascinating history of marriage and how it has changed over the centuries. This is a well-researched, thought-provoking read."
Wedded Wife by Rachael Lennon is a fascinating history of marriage and how it has changed over the centuries, from the original ancient customs to today's big business wedding industry. The book covers a wealth of information about marriages of convenience in the past (for status or wealth) to contemporary marriages for love and against all odds, within heterosexual, same-sex and nonbinary relationships.
The book explores how gender roles, sexuality and politics influence many marriage traditions, beginning with engagements and prenuptials, through the wedding ceremony and celebrations, leading to consummation and potential parenthood, and also decisions to make when a marriage no longer seems to be working.
Using examples from history, the author explores how marriage can define and affect a woman's role, in terms of her education, employment and societal rights, for example, and women's fights for sexual freedom, reproductive rights and access to divorce over the decades. Wedded Wife addresses several key questions and leads to many more: What compels women to keep making this choice and commitment?
How does marriage fit in with feminist values and beliefs? And how might marriage practices evolve in the future? This is a well-researched, thought-provoking read.
In this fascinating and insightful book, feminist curatorRachael Lennonprovides an intimate and intersectional examination of the history of marriage around the world. In this fascinating feminist history, Rachael Lennon tells a remarkable story of how this institution has developed from the ancient customs of the stone age through to the modern form it takes today. In this eminently readable and relatable study, Lennon also explores themes such as the pressure to marry, the politics surrounding proposals, the spectacle of marriage, the business behind it, and the politics tied to consummation as well as issues such as taking a man's name, the nuances of marriage vows and obedience, ';having it all' and trying to keep up the fight to have an enduring marriage.
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In this fascinating and insightful book, feminist curatorRachael Lennonprovides an intimate and intersectional examination of the history of marriage around the world. In this fascinating feminist history, Rachael Lennon tells a remarkable story of how this institution has developed from the ancient customs of the stone age through to the modern form it takes today.
Wedded Wife features in the following genres: Popular Science, Biographies & Autobiographies, Self Help and Personal Development, Social and cultural history, Dating, relationships, living together and marriage: advice and issues, Feminism and feminist theory, Science: general issues, Mathematics and Science, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Health & Fitness, History: specific events and topics, History, History and Archaeology, Relationships and families: advice and issues, Family and health, Gender studies: women and girls, Gender studies, gender groups, Social groups, communities and identities, Society and culture: general, Society and Social Sciences, LGBTQ+ Non-Fiction, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics, Relating to LGBTQ+ people, Relating to specific groups and cultures or social and cultural interests, Interest qualifiers
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Wedded Wife was written by Rachael Lennon and published by Aurum
£15.00. Digital. Available Immediately. Country restrictions apply..
