State of our unions: Marriage promotion and the contested power of heterosexuality

Gender and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-48

  Heath, Melanie ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

And class; Gender; Heterosexuality; Marriage promotion; Race; State

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149479284     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243208326807     Document Type: Article

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