Marriage rites and rights
By: edited by Joanna Miles, Perveez Mody and Rebecca Probert
Publisher: Hart Publishing
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Oxford, United Kingdom
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9781849469135
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Marriage law; Marriage customs and rites
Description: Recent years have seen extensive discussion about the continuing retreat from marriage, the increasing demand for the right to marry from previously excluded groups, and the need to protect those who do not wish to marry from being forced to do so. At the same time, weddings are big business, couples are spending more than ever before on getting married, and marriage ceremonies are increasingly elaborate. It is therefore timely to reflect on the rites of marriage, as well as the right to marry (or not to marry), and the relationship between them. To this end, this new interdisciplinary collection brings together scholars from numerous fields, including law, sociology, anthropology, psychology, demography, theology and art and design. Focusing on England and Wales, it explores in depth the specific issues arising from this jurisdiction's Anglican heritage, demographic development, current laws and social practices
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction  -- Rebecca Probert, Joanna Miles and Perveez Mody; title: Marriage rites : trends in marriages by manner of solemnisation and denomination in England and Wales, 1841-2012  -- John Haskey; title: From this day forward? : pre-marital cohabitation and the rite of marriage from the 1960s to the present day  -- Rebecca Probert; title: No frills : wedding presents and the meaning of marriage, 1945-2003  -- Louise Purbrick; title: Civil partnership ceremonies : (hetero)normativity, ritual and gender  -- Elizabeth Peel; title: Rite that redefines the rights? : the contemporary role and practice of pre-nuptial agreement  -- Ayesha Verdag and Joanna Miles; title: The 'Pure' relationship, sham marriages and immigration control  -- Helena Wray; title: Unregistered Muslim marriages : an emerging culture of celebrating rites and conceding rights  -- Rajnaara C. Akhtar; title: Forced marriage : rites and rights  -- Perveez Mody; title: Church of England weddings and ritual symbolism  -- Sarah Farrimond; title: Playing "House of Lords bingo" : a critical discourse analysis of Hansard debates on civil partnership and same sex marriage  -- Rosie Harding; title: Let's talk about a divorce : religious and legal wedding  -- Peter W. Edge; title: Why marriage needs to be sexy -- Jonathan Herring.