Table of contents for Conjugal rites : marriage and marriage-like relationships before the law / Heather Brook.


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Introduction: Proposals and Propositions * Women and Wives: Stalemate?: Theorizing Conjugality * Making Marriage: Validity and Nullity * Union: Adultery and Other Sexual Performatives * Marriage "Beyond the Pale:" Miscegenation, "Mixed" Marriage, and Assimilation * S/he Done Me Wrong: Matrimonial Offenses and No Fault Divorce * The "Limping" Marriage: Regulating Cohabitation * Queer Propositions: Sex and Sexualities * Conclusion: Sex/Marriage/Conjugality


Library of Congress subject headings for this publication:
Domestic relations -- History.
Marriage law -- History.
Unmarried couples -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History.
Cohabitation agreements -- History.
Same-sex marriage -- Law and legislation -- History.