Uses of history in the press and in court during California's battle over Proposition 8 :: casting same-sex marriage as a civil right /

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 exte...

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1. Verfasser: Li, Anqi
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2012.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (122 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780773411548
0773411542

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