Uses of history in the press and in court during California's battle over Proposition 8: casting same-sex marriage as a civil right
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1. Verfasser: Li, Anqi (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lewiston, N.Y. Edwin Mellen Press ©2012
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Journalistic and judicial thoughts on history and marriage -- Structure of the study -- Assessment of the texts and themes on marriage equality -- Final thoughts -- Conclusions
Li sees through the media's white noise on the issue of same sex marriage to discover that opponents of Proposition 8 often made claims about the past to sway public perception. These arguments were based on claims evoking a historical sense of the institution of marriage, but to a certain extent they were untrue. This book attempts to dispel some of the misperceptions around the concept of marriage in a historical context. Li also shows that homosexual and heterosexual couples are not exactly the same, and marriage is differently understood. She goes above and beyond merely explicating how th
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ISBN:0773411542
9780773411548

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