Uses of history in the press and in court during California's battle over Proposition 8 : casting same-sex marriage as a civil right / Anqi Li ; with a foreword by Dean Smith.

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Li, Anqi

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text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780773411548
0773411542

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346.01/6809794 23

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HQ1034.U5 L52 2012

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Contents:

Journalistic and judicial thoughts on history and marriage -- Structure of the study -- Assessment of the texts and themes on marriage equality -- Final thoughts -- Conclusions.

Summary: Li sees through the media's white noise on the issue of same sex marriage to discover that opponents of Proposition 8 often made claims about the past to sway public perception. These arguments were based on claims evoking a historical sense of the institution of marriage, but to a certain extent they were untrue. This book attempts to dispel some of the misperceptions around the concept of marriage in a historical context. Li also shows that homosexual and heterosexual couples are not exactly the same, and marriage is differently understood. She goes above and beyond merely explicating how th.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Journalistic and judicial thoughts on history and marriage -- Structure of the study -- Assessment of the texts and themes on marriage equality -- Final thoughts -- Conclusions.

Li sees through the media's white noise on the issue of same sex marriage to discover that opponents of Proposition 8 often made claims about the past to sway public perception. These arguments were based on claims evoking a historical sense of the institution of marriage, but to a certain extent they were untrue. This book attempts to dispel some of the misperceptions around the concept of marriage in a historical context. Li also shows that homosexual and heterosexual couples are not exactly the same, and marriage is differently understood. She goes above and beyond merely explicating how th.