Family Matters
€ 39,90
Informação do Produto
| ISBN | 9781009284431 |
|---|---|
| Editora | Cambridge University Press |
| Data de Publicação | 18/06/2026 |
| Preço (iva excl.) | € 37,64 |
| Imposto | € 2,26 |
| Preço (iva inc.) | € 39,90 |
| Disponibilidade | 2 unidades em armazém externo |
Descrição do Produto
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.