This book explores the history of marriage and marriage-like relationships across five continents from the seventeenth century to the present day. Across fourteen chapters, leading marriage scholars examine how the methodologies from the new history of emotions contribute to our understanding of marriage, seeking to uncover not only personal feeling but also the political and social implications of emotion. They highlight how marriage as an institution has been shaped not just by law and society but also by individual and community choices, desires and emotional values. Importantly, they also emphasize how the history of non-traditional and same-sex relationships and their emotions have long played an important role in determining the nature of marriage as an institution and emotional union. In doing so, this collection allows us to rethink both the past and present of marriage, destabilizing a story of a stable institution and opening it up as a site of contest, debate and feeling.
| ISBN: | 9781032086897 |
| Publication date: | 30th June 2021 |
| Author: | Katie Barclay |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 248 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Research in Gender and History |
| Genres: |
General and world history Social and cultural history History |
This book explores the history of marriage and marriage-like relationships across five continents from the seventeenth century to the present day. Across fourteen chapters, leading marriage scholars examine how the methodologies from the new history of emotions contribute to our understanding of marriage, seeking to uncover not only personal feeling but also the political and social implications of emotion. They highlight how marriage as an institution has been shaped not just by law and society but also by individual and community choices, desires and emotional values. Importantly, they also emphasize how the history of non-traditional and same-sex relationships and their emotions have long played an important role in determining the nature of marriage as an institution and emotional union. In doing so, this collection allows us to rethink both the past and present of marriage, destabilizing a story of a stable institution and opening it up as a site of contest, debate and feeling.
Courtship, Marriage and Marriage Breakdown features in the following genres: General and world history, Social and cultural history, History
Courtship, Marriage and Marriage Breakdown is available in Paperback, Hardback
Courtship, Marriage and Marriage Breakdown was written by Katie Barclay and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Courtship, Marriage and Marriage Breakdown has 248 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Research in Gender and History series
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