The political economy of same-sex marriage : a feminist critique / Bronwyn Winter

Author:: Winter, Bronwyn, 1955-
Published:: London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.
Copyright Date:: ©2021
Physical Description:: x, 245 pages ; 24 cm.

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Series:

Routledge- IAFFE advances in feminist economics

Contents:

Part I: (same-sex) marriage as institution -- Marriage and family as a value in liberal capitalist societies -- From subversive challenge to liberal rights -- State rationales ; three case studies -- Part II: Selling same-sex marriage -- Rainbowing the workplace -- Same-sex wedding tourism -- Same-sex marriage intersectionally : gender, class and race dynamics -- Part III: The political economy of "rainbow families" -- "Working families" : parenting, productivity and policy -- "Caring families" and the (still) gendered privatisation of risk -- Gay dads : the "queered" political economy of surrogacy.

Summary:

"Same-sex marriage is now legal in twenty-nine countries and the subject of continued debate around the world. The Political Economy of Same-Sex Marriage: A Feminist Critique considers this debate from a political economy perspective. Rather than engaging directly in the now well-rehearsed social-movement and academic for-and-against debates, this book focuses on processes of institutionalization of same-sex marriage and so-called "rainbow families" within (neo)liberal capitalist democracies. It examines how states and markets appropriate same-sex marriage and family to enhance their own political and symbolic capital, consolidating power and profit within existing systems of gendered and raced socioeconomic stratification. Taking a radical feminist, heterodox, qualitative and intersectional approach, this book investigates the political economy of same-sex marriage across three axes: same-sex marriage as institution; same-sex marriage and the market; and the political economy of the "rainbow family". The examination of case studies from different countries and regions enables a comparative analysis that foregrounds cultural, political and economic path dependencies while at the same time highlighting a number of striking commonalities. In all the countries discussed in this book and in most respects, same-sex marriage has been integrated almost seamlessly into a mainstream/malestream political economy of marriage and family and its translation into added market and productive value. The Political Economy of Same-Sex Marriage: A Feminist Critique will be of use to researchers and students alike, and indeed to all those who are curious about the mainstreaming of homosexuality within twenty-first century capitalist democracies"--

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History

ISBN:

9781138502673 (hardcover)
1138502677 (hardcover)
9781138502680 (paperback)
1138502685 (paperback)

Collection:

Thun Library LGBTQ+ Collection.

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Endowment Note:

Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)

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