Sustaining the "Societal and Scriptural Fence": Cultural, Social, and Political Topographies of Same-Sex Marriage in Alabama

Professional Geographer

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 211-229

  Webster, Gerald R ^a   Chapman, Thomas ^b   Leib, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American South; Culture wars; Electoral geography; Same sex marriage; Sexual politics

Indexed keywords

ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; MARRIAGE; MORALITY; POLITICS; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION;

ALABAMA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951097877     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330120903546411     Document Type: Article

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