One Marriage Under God: The Campaign to Promote Marriage in America

One Marriage Under God: The Campaign to Promote Marriage in America
ISBN-10
0814737129
ISBN-13
9780814737125
Category
Social Science
Pages
260
Language
English
Published
2012-04-16
Publisher
NYU Press
Author
Melanie Heath

Description

The meaning and significance of the institution of marriage has engendered angry and boisterous battles across the United States. 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. From marriage workshops for the general public to relationship classes for welfare recipients to marriage education in high school classrooms,One Marriage Under Godexplores the impact of policies that seek to re-institutionalize heterosexual marriage in American society.

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