1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910691658003321

Autore

Kreider Rose M (Rose Marie)

Titolo

Number, timing, and duration of marriages and divorces, 1996 [[electronic resource] /] / by Rose M. Kreider and Jason M. Fields

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau, , [2002]

Descrizione fisica

20 unnumbered pages : digital, PDF file

Collana

Current population reports. Household economic studies ; ; p70-80

Altri autori (Persone)

FieldsJason M

Soggetti

Marriage - United States

Divorce - United States

Statistics.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on April 9, 2002).

"Issued February 2002."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789974303321

Autore

Heath Melanie

Titolo

One marriage under God [[electronic resource] ] : the campaign to promote marriage in America / / Melanie Heath

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2012

ISBN

0-8147-4491-5

0-8147-4490-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (275 p.)

Collana

Intersections

Disciplina

306.810973

Soggetti

Marriage - United States

Marriage - Religious aspects - Christianity

Heterosexuality - United States

United States Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Unite! marriage and American identity -- The stakes of gender and heterosexuality -- Widening the marriage gap -- Teaching marriage to single mothers and inmates -- Marriage recitals in high school -- Contesting Native American marriage.

Sommario/riassunto

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.