Inside the American couple : new thinking/new challenges
Draws attention to issues that question the unspoken traditional practices underlying coupling in America. This title includes essays that delve into such subjects as the historical roots of modern marriage, the phenomenon of lesbian and gay commitment ceremonies, the home as a workplace and a place of refuge.
Print Book, English, ©2002
University of California Press, Berkeley, ©2002
vii, 266 pages ; 24 cm
9780520219755, 9780520229570, 0520219759, 0520229576
48851255
Acknowledgments Introduction Laura L. Carstensen and Marilyn Yalom 1. Biblical Models: From Adam and Eve to the Bride of Christ Marilyn Yalom 2. Dearest Friend: The Marriage of Abigail and John Adams Edith Gelles 3. "The Thing Bartered": Love, Economics, and the Victorian Couple Kate Washington 4. "Boston Marriage" among Lesbians: Are We a Couple If We're Not Having Sex? Esther D. Rothblum 5. "You'll Never Walk Alone": Lesbian and Gay Weddings and the Authenticity of the Same-Sex Couple Ellen Lewin 6. The Couple at Home Education's Contribution Nel Noddings 7. When One of Us Is Ill: Scenes from a Partnership Mary Felstiner 8. Wives and Husbands Working Together: Law Partners and Marital Partners Cynthia Fuchs Epstein 9. Grounds for Marriage Reflections and Research on an Institution in Transition Arlene Skolnick 10. Divorce, American Style Deborah L. Rhode 11. Divorce, Executive Style: What's a Wife Worth? Myra H. Strober 12. Toward an Understanding of Asian American Interracial Marriage and Dating Jeanne L. Tsai, Diane E. Przymus, and Jennifer L. Best 13. Arranged Marriages (What's Love Got to Do with It?) Monisha Pasupathi 14. Marriage in Old Age Susan Turk Charles and Laura L. Carstensen List of Contributors Index
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