I don't : a contrarian history of marriage / Susan Squire.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Squire, Susan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marriage.

Physical Description:

xi, 258 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Bloomsbury : Distributed to the trade by Macmillan, 2008.

Summary:

In this provocative and ambitious book, Squire unravels the turbulent history and many implications of the institution of marriage. The author delves into the many ways men and women have come together and what the state of their unions has meant for history, society, and politics.

Contents:

Paradise lost, just because he listened to his wife

Struck dead, just because he spilled the fruit of his loins

Do Athenian husbands have it all?

Do Roman wives have it all?

The cure for lust

Original spin

Never on Sunday. (Or Wednesday. Or Friday. Or Saturday.)

The making of a sexless marriage

Cuckold's lament

The golden age of adultery

The end of the world?

What a man wants

Season of the witch

Be fertile and increase : the sequel

Love meets marriage : a new idea.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-247) and index.

ISBN:

9781582341194

1582341192

OCLC:

226038091

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