{"product_id":"connubial-fictions-the-evolution-of-marriage-in-american-law-and-literature-9780197824962","title":"Connubial Fictions: The Evolution of Marriage in American Law and Literature","description":"\u003cem\u003eConnubial Fictions\u003c\/em\u003e explores law and marriage in the United States, seen through the lens of American literature of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In this edited volume, scholars of law and the humanities combine legal scholarship with literary analysis to explore how American literature has portrayed marriage's complex legal dimensions over time. They cover diverse fictional works including Frances Harper's \u003cem\u003eIola Leroy\u003c\/em\u003e, Marilynne Robinson's \u003cem\u003eGilead \u003c\/em\u003enovels, Tony Kushner's \u003cem\u003eAngels in America\u003c\/em\u003e, and works by Edward Albee, Philip Roth, Octavia Butler, Maggie Nelson, and Jhumpa Lahiri. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough these works, contributors examine a wide range of legal and literary themes: the true ownership of a marriage, how investments involved in a marriage compare to investments in a business, how the denial of marriage rights affected same-sex couples, how marriage rights changed queer aesthetics, the prospects for truth in marriage, the constraints and possibilities for immigrant marriages, how procreation norms affect childless marriages, the challenges of interracial intimacy and marriage, the paucity of modern literature depicting interracial marriages, the nature of separations before no-fault divorce, the divorce revolution and the best interests of children of divorce, and the problem of equality and alimony. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConvention and law have often shielded the intimate aspect of marriage from public view. This volume shows how literature has pulled back the curtain and shown us the various lived experiences of marriage, of all kinds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan S. Masur\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.3lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.13w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197824962","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48949942550665,"sku":"9780197824962","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_92cb43a9-5ad3-4bdc-b157-63855a5bc564.jpg?v=1794299333","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/connubial-fictions-the-evolution-of-marriage-in-american-law-and-literature-9780197824962","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}