Radical challenges to the family [electronic resource] : from the sixties to same-sex marriage / Ashley Lavelle, Macquarie University, Australia.

Preface and acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction: radical challenges to the family in a contemporary context
Chapter in the blink of an eye : the transitory modern family
Here comes the bride : marriage as a historical institution
In a world of its own : the strange modern family
The family : still a historic defeat for women?
A room with no view : the family and housewifery
"Little children are sacred" : the family's raison d'être?
A tale of two halves? : the family, monogamy, and relationships under capitalism
Subversion or sleaze? : pornography, the family, monogamy, and relationships
Blood is stronger than bigotry : the family and homosexual oppression
Love and other disasters : the family, monogamy, and relationships in the eyes of lgbt people
Rainbow wedding : the politics of same-sex marriage
The great indoors : haven in a heartless world, or, enemy of community?
Conclusion: beyond the family
Archival collections cited
References
Index.