State of the Marital Union: Rhetoric, Identity, and Nineteenth-Century Marriage Controversies

by Leslie J. Harris

Book Overview

State of the Marital Union documents the transformations of public identity occurring in American society through a close examination of the rhetoric used in nineteenth-century marriage controversies. Leslie J. Harris argues that American citizenship is, in part, rhetorically constituted through marriage. The public debates over seemingly distinct marriage controversies, such as domestic violence, divorce, polygamy, free love, and interracial marriage,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1481300512
• ISBN13: 9781481300513
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher