Marriage in an age of cohabitation : how and when people tie the knot in the twenty-first century
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- ISBN: 9780199002634
- ISBN: 0199002630
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Physical Description:
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iv, 209 pages ; 23 cm - Publisher: Don Mills, Ontario : Oxford University Press, [2014]
- Copyright: ©2014
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-205) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The rise of the do-it-yourself (DIY) "marriage" -- Negotiating transitions: from dating to cohabitation to "marriage" -- "Proper" weddings and the wedding industry -- Personalized weddings -- Does formalization really make a difference? -- Conclusions. |
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Subject: | Marriage Unmarried couples Domestic relations |
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Kirtland Community College Library | HQ 734 .B354 2014 | 30775305481971 | General Collection | Available | - |
Marriage in an Age of Cohabitation : How and When People Tie the Knot in the Twenty-First Century
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Marriage in an Age of Cohabitation : How and When People Tie the Knot in the Twenty-First Century
Maureen Baker. is professor of sociology at the University of Auckland. A fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Professor Baker has made substantial contributions to the study of social life in her home country of Canada as well as in Australia and New Zealand, where she has lived and worked since 1998. She has written and edited numerous books as well as dozens of scholarly papers, many of them dealing with the dynamics of family life. Vivienne Elizabeth is senior lecturer in the sociology department at the University of Auckland. Her research focuses on gendered identities, family violence, and intimate relationships, and she is the author of more than a dozen academic papers in these fields.