One Marriage Under God : The Campaign to Promote Marriage in America / Melanie Heath.
2012
HQ536 .H427 2012
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Title
One Marriage Under God : The Campaign to Promote Marriage in America / Melanie Heath.
Author
Heath, Melanie, author.
ISBN
9780814744901
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2012]
Copyright
©2012
Language
English
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In English.
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1 online resource
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10.18574/nyu/9780814737125.001.0001 doi
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HQ536 .H427 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.810973
Summary
The meaning and significance of the institution of marriage has engendered angry and boisterous battles across the United States. While the efforts of lesbians and gay men to make marriage accessible to same-sex couples have seen increasing success, these initiatives have sparked a backlash as campaigns are waged to "protect" heterosexual marriage in America. Less in the public eye is government legislation that embraces the idea of marriage promotion as a necessary societal good. In this timely and extensive study of marriage politics, Melanie Heath uncovers broad cultural anxieties that fuel on-the-ground practices to reinforce a boundary of heterosexual marriage, questioning why marriage has become an issue of pervasive national preoccupation and anxiety, and explores the impact of policies that seek to reinstitutionalize heterosexual marriage in American society. From marriage workshops for the general public to relationship classes for welfare recipients to marriage education in high school classrooms, One Marriage Under God documents in meticulous detail the inner workings of ideologies of gender and heterosexuality in the practice of marriage promotion to fortify a concept of "one marriage," an Anglo-American ideal of Christian, heterosexual monogamy.
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Intersections ; ; 16
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1. Unite!
2. The Stakes of Gender and Heterosexuality
3. Widening the Marriage Gap
4. Teaching Marriage to Single Mothers and Inmates
5. Marriage Recitals in High School
6. Contesting Native American Marriage
Conclusion
Appendix A
Appendix B
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1. Unite!
2. The Stakes of Gender and Heterosexuality
3. Widening the Marriage Gap
4. Teaching Marriage to Single Mothers and Inmates
5. Marriage Recitals in High School
6. Contesting Native American Marriage
Conclusion
Appendix A
Appendix B
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author