Wedded wife : a feminist history of marriage
Lennon, Rachael2023
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Having married her wife just a few years after the legalisation of same sex marriage in the United Kingdom, Rachael Lennon interweaves her own personal experiences of marriage with stories and anecdotes from throughout history to explore how marriage has transformed over the years. In shaking off patriarchal expectations, she examines marriage's troubling past and celebrates a more joyful present, celebrating the feminist activists who have fought to make marriage a pure and equitable celebration of love, open to everyone regardless of gender or sexuality. She also asks what compels us to keep making this choice? Can we let go of the gendered baggage that we have inherited? Can we hold true to feminist values as we commit to our partners? And what does that look like? How can we build on the past to continue to redefine marriage for the future?
Main title:
Wedded wife : a feminist history of marriage / Rachael Lennon.
Author:
Lennon, Rachael, author
Imprint:
London : Aurum, 2023.
Collation:
248 pages ; 22 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780711267114 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
306.8109306.81
Language:
English
BRN:
2609523
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