Conjugality: Marriage and Marriage-Like Relationships Before the Law

by Heather Brook

Conjugal Rites explores the legal shape of marriage as it has been determined by countless decisions concerning entry and exit into the ancient rite. Heather Brook examines the countless rules and protocols governing marriage that make it valid in the eyes of the law. She argues that the various sexual performatives associated with marriage can establish, reinforce, or rupture conjugal unity while exploring the historical and politcal regulations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403976562
• ISBN13: 9781403976567
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 257 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"