02891nam 2200637 450 991079756100332120231213014417.01-4985-1699-8(CKB)3710000000471175(EBL)4086507(SSID)ssj0001545014(PQKBManifestationID)16135419(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001545014(PQKBWorkID)13442330(PQKB)10828951(MiAaPQ)EBC4086507(Au-PeEL)EBL4086507(CaPaEBR)ebr11125320(CaONFJC)MIL827785(OCoLC)920466231(EXLCZ)99371000000047117520150724h20152015 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSame-sex marriage, context, and lesbian identity wedded but not always a wife /by Julie Whitlow and Patricia OuldLanham :Lexington Books,[2015]©20151 online resource (203 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4985-1700-5 1-4985-1698-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction. The Evolution of Marriage and the Language of Love; Chapter 1. Same-Sex Marriage as a Reality in the United States; Chapter 2. Methods and Background. The Intersection of Language and Identity; Chapter 3. Whether at the Chapel, in the Courthouse, or on the Beach: Why Get Married?; Chapter 4. Who Calls Whom Wife?; Chapter 5. Navigating Family and Community as a Married Couple; Chapter 6. Workplace Politics and Policies; Chapter 7. Rebellion, Risks, and Renegotiation; Chapter 8. The Evolving Identity of a Lesbian WifeAppendix A. Interview ProtocolAppendix B. Data Tables (Chapters 2-7); Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorsThis book shows how the first lesbians to marry in the United States are using or avoiding the word wife at this historic juncture when the definition of marriage is undergoing a shift. It will interest the LGBTQ community and its allies, political activists, feminists, and scholars of sociology, sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, and gender.Same-sex marriageUnited StatesLesbiansUnited StatesWivesUnited StatesGay peopleIdentitySame-sex marriageLesbiansWivesGay peopleIdentity.306.84/80973Whitlow Julie1962-1526913Ould Patricia1954-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797561003321Same-sex marriage, context, and lesbian identity3769316UNINA