Marriage Material: How an Enduring Institution Is Changing Same-Sex Relationships
Autor Abigail Ocobocken Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 noi 2024
It is no secret that marriage rates in the United States are at an all-time low. Despite this significant decline, the institution of marriage endures in our society amid historic changes to its meaning and practice. How does the continuing strength of marriage impact the relationships of same-sex couples after the legalization of same-sex marriage?
Drawing on over one hundred interviews with LGBTQ+ people, Marriage Material reveals the transformative impact marriage equality has had on same-sex relationships. Sociologist Abigail Ocobock looks to same-sex couples across a wide age range to illuminate the complex ways institutional mechanisms work in tandem to govern the choices and behaviors of individuals with different marriage experiences. Ocobock examines both the influence of marriage on the dynamics of same-sex relationships and how LGBTQ+ people challenge heteronormative assumptions about marriage, highlighting the complex interplay between institutional constraint and individual agency.
Marriage Material presents a bold challenge to dominant scholarly and popular ideas about the decline of marriage, making clear that gaining access to legal marriage has transformed same-sex relationships, both for better and for worse.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780226836263
ISBN-10: 0226836266
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.37 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Colecția University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10: 0226836266
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.37 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Colecția University of Chicago Press
Notă biografică
Abigail Ocobock is assistant professor of sociology at the University of Notre Dame.
Cuprins
Introduction: Rethinking Marriage
Part I. Gaining Marriage
1. Marriage Embracers: The Power of Marriage, Old and New
2. Marriage Rejecters: Navigating the Pulls of Marriage
3. Marriage Assumers: It’s Just What You Do
Part II. Doing Marriage
4. Proposal Pressures
5. Fights and Finances
6. Marital (Non)Monogamy
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Methods Appendix
Notes
References
Index
Part I. Gaining Marriage
1. Marriage Embracers: The Power of Marriage, Old and New
2. Marriage Rejecters: Navigating the Pulls of Marriage
3. Marriage Assumers: It’s Just What You Do
Part II. Doing Marriage
4. Proposal Pressures
5. Fights and Finances
6. Marital (Non)Monogamy
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Methods Appendix
Notes
References
Index
Recenzii
“Marriage Material is a well-written, original work which puts forth a new argument about same-sex marriage that differs from the dominant view . . . . [some of] the best and most nuanced treatment of non-monogamy among same-sex couples that I have read.”
"Mae West famously declared that while marriage is a great institution, she was not ready for an institution. Abigail Ocobock’s Marriage Material takes seriously this declaration by uncovering what it means for marriage to be an institution, why some are ready for it and others are drawn into it, and why marriage persists even as family life has changed so radically across the globe. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 116 individuals who entered into a same-sex marriage in Massachusetts, legal in the state since 2003 but still not recognized federally at the time of the interviews, this beautifully written book offers compelling evidence of the lessons to be learned about marriage during a period of transformation that is tempered by the power of institutions. The takeaway: the more things change, the more they stay the same."
"Marriage Material compellingly shows how the expansion of marital rights shapes and strengthens same-sex relationships and marriage as an institution. Abigail Ocobock’s sensitive and incisive analysis of the normative, regulative, and cultural elements of marriage—especially as they are experienced by same-sex couples—offers a much-needed corrective to both academic and public assumptions regarding the contemporary state of marriage."
"Marriage Material is a new and important contribution to our understanding of the remarkably enduring power of the institution of marriage. Drawing on over one hundred interviews with LGBQ people, Sociologist Abigail Ocobock offers a timely view of the interplay between the institutional constraints of long-standing marriage culture, and same-sex couples’ agency in making marriage work on their terms. As a guide to the age of marriage equality in the 21st century U.S., Ocobock shows that even when LGBQ people have a diversity of marriage desires and aspirations, they still are deeply influenced by – and at times challenge – norms of marital life. Ocobock’s captivating narratives and rigorous research offers fresh insights into the evolving landscape of marriage, highlighting the resilience of this enduring institution, even as its meaning and practice may look a little bit different."
"If you thought that marriage is passé, an institution in decline, think again. Marriage Material explores how younger generations of LGB people who have always had access to same-sex marriage compare to older generations denied the opportunity to marry their same-sex partner. While the marriage embracers aspired to be part of an institution that was once a pipe dream for them, the rejectors saw marriage as a system of constraint and conformity that stymied queer creativity. Despite these varying orientations toward marriage, Ocobock’s careful, nuanced analysis demonstrates the myriad ways that access to marriage has transformed how people envision their relationships and the criteria by which they assess the quality of those relationships."