Marriage rites and rights / edited by Joanna Miles, Perveez Mody and Rebecca Probert.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Miles, Joanna, editor.

Mody, Perveez, editor.

Probert, Rebecca, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marriage customs and rites--Great Britain.

Marriage customs and rites.

Marriage law--Great Britain.

Marriage law.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (316 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Recent years have seen extensive discussion about the continuing retreat from marriage, the increasing demand for the right to marry from previously excluded groups, and the need to protect those who do not wish to marry from being forced to do so. At the same time, weddings are big business, couples are spending more than ever before on getting married, and marriage ceremonies are increasingly elaborate. It is therefore timely to reflect on the rites of marriage, as well as the right to marry (or not to marry), and the relationship between them. To this end, this new interdisciplinary collection brings together scholars from numerous fields, including law, sociology, anthropology, psychology, demography, theology and art and design. Focusing on England and Wales, it explores in depth the specific issues arising from this jurisdiction's Anglican heritage, demographic development, current laws and social practices

Contents:

Introduction

Rebecca Probert, Joanna Miles and Perveez Mody

Marriage rites : trends in marriages by manner of solemnisation and denomination in England and Wales, 1841-2012

John Haskey

From this day forward? : pre-marital cohabitation and the rite of marriage from the 1960s to the present day

Rebecca Probert

No frills : wedding presents and the meaning of marriage, 1945-2003

Louise Purbrick

Civil partnership ceremonies : (hetero)normativity, ritual and gender

Elizabeth Peel

Rite that redefines the rights? : the contemporary role and practice of pre-nuptial agreement

Ayesha Verdag and Joanna Miles

The 'Pure' relationship, sham marriages and immigration control

Helena Wray

Unregistered Muslim marriages : an emerging culture of celebrating rites and conceding rights

Rajnaara C. Akhtar

Forced marriage : rites and rights

Perveez Mody

Church of England weddings and ritual symbolism

Sarah Farrimond

Playing "House of Lords bingo" : a critical discourse analysis of Hansard debates on civil partnership and same sex marriage

Rosie Harding

Let's talk about a divorce : religious and legal wedding

Peter W. Edge

Why marriage needs to be sexy

Jonathan Herring.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781782259664

178225966X

9781782259657

1782259651

OCLC:

914229993