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Title: What Is Marriage For? by E. J. Graff ISBN: 0-8070-4115-7 Publisher: Beacon Press Pub. Date: 09 June, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 (8 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: very informative but a little overdone
Comment: I was never that interested in the same-sex marriage debate until I learned of the legal protections that are automatically granted straight people when they marry. Graff's history of marriage is very illuminating and her argument for same-sex marriage is persuasive, but she does tend to beat the reader over the head with it at times. Similarly, I enjoyed Graff's biting witticisms but also found it was overdone at times.
Rating: 2
Summary: Not very enlightening.
Comment: I picked up this book for the history-of-marriage value instead of the same-sex-marriage-propaganda value, and found the history and debated "reasons why people have historically married" to be rather uninformative. A lot of what was said seemed common knowledge about basic history of society. Marriage concepts are talked about generally more often than not. I would have liked to see more hard core facts rather than musings and contemplations. I was hoping for statistics to be sprinkled liberally, and perhaps many tales of certain marriages in the past that stood out either as especially abnormal for a time period, or exceedingly typical.
Rating: 4
Summary: Fantastic and Fascinating
Comment: I picked up this book when I was having doubts about my friends' upcoming nuptials - I had hoped it would give them something to think about before they made that major step. I examined it more closely and realized it was a much more interesting book than that! The author has throroughly researched the various reasons marriage has existed as an institution (in Western civilization) and presents a compelling case in favor of same sex marriage as well. I was already in favor of same sex marriage, but now I have ammunition! It's lively, amazingly researched, and also full of facts you just don't get in history class. A must-read for social history buffs, gay-rights advocates, or anyone who wonders about relationships today.
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Title: Public Vows: A History of Marriage and the Nation by Nancy F. Cott ISBN: 0674008758 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: A History of the Wife by Marilyn Yalom ISBN: 0060193387 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 05 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Same-Sex Marriage: Pro and Con : A Reader by Andrew Sullivan ISBN: 0679776370 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 25 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Man and Wife in America: A History by Hendrik Hartog ISBN: 0674008111 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Against Love : A Polemic by Laura Kipnis ISBN: 0375421890 Publisher: Pantheon Books Pub. Date: 26 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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