Family matters : queer households and the half-century struggle for legal recognition / Marie-Amélie George, Wake Forest University School of Law.

Author
George, Marie-Amélie [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Description
1 online resource (xvi, 367 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Details

Subject(s)
Series
Studies in legal history [More in this series]
Summary note
In 1960, consensual sodomy was a crime in every state in America. Fifty-five years later, the Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples had the fundamental right to marry. In the span of two generations, American law underwent a dramatic transformation. Though the fight for marriage equality has received a considerable amount of attention from scholars and the media, it was only a small part of the more than half-century struggle for queer family rights. Family Matters uncovers these decades of advocacy, which reshaped the place of same-sex sexuality in American law and society - and ultimately made marriage equality possible. This book, however, is more than a history of queer rights. Marie-Amélie George reveals that national legal change resulted from shifts at the state and local levels, where the central figures were everyday people without legal training. Consequently, she offers a new way of understanding how minority groups were able to secure meaningful legal change.
Notes
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 May 2024).
Contents
  • Legalizing queer life
  • Contesting custody
  • Recognizing relationships
  • Adopting change
  • Combatting violence
  • Teaching tolerance
  • More perfect unions.
ISBN
9781009284417 (ebook)
Statement on language in description
Princeton University Library aims to describe library materials in a manner that is respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in the collections we manage. Read more...
Other views
Staff view