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Autore: | Blankenhorn David |
Titolo: | The future of marriage [[electronic resource] /] / David Blankenhorn |
Pubblicazione: | New York, : Encounter Books, 2007 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (346 p.) |
Disciplina: | 306.84/8 |
Soggetto topico: | Marriage |
Marriage - History | |
Same-sex marriage | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | What is marriage? -- Prehistory -- The river valleys -- The Trobriand Islands -- What marriage is -- Deinstitutionalize marriage? -- Goods in conflict -- Determining marriage's fate. |
Sommario/riassunto: | The idea of this book began in a conversation David Blankenhorn had with the president of Freedom to Marry, a group advocating equal marriage rights for same-sex couples. This man asked Blankenhorn, a leading figure in the ?marriage movement," to endorse his group's objectives. Feeling a bit defensive, Blankenhorn replied, ?Every child deserves a mother and a father." The Future of Marriage is the result of that conversation. In their current demands, Blankenhorn points out, gay and lesbian leaders are not asking for marriage with an adjective in front of it, but marriage itself. So in t |
Titolo autorizzato: | The future of marriage |
ISBN: | 1-282-48795-7 |
9786612487958 | |
1-59403-359-5 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910781041403321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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