The Limits to Union
Subtitle: Same-Sex Marriage and the Politics of Civil Rights (Law, Meaning, and Violence)
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: July 20, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780472030491
Subjects: Gay & Lesbian studies; Human rights; Popular Culture - General; Legal Reference / Law Profession; USA; General; Law; Social Science; Women's Studies - General; Social Science / Women's Studies
First sentence: In November 1998, 69 percent of the voters in Hawai'i approved an amendment to the state constitution to permit the legislature "to reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples.''
Description: Response to deep-seated anxieties over the fragmented nature of community, changing social hierarchies, and economic and national security in the face of globalization. He shows that the legal fate of the same-sex marriage is more than an issue of the social and political acceptance of lesbians and gays as it rapidly becomes a central site for re-imagining the contours of political sovereignty. This book will appeal to advanced undergraduate and graduate students in sociolegal studies, political science, sociology, and gay and lesbian studies.