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Albrecht Dürer.
Adam and Eve
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The Epistemic Unconscious of the 1949 Marriage Act
A cultural analysis of the Marriage Act in the light of Bourdieu's theory of habitus and of Butler's theory of performativity. The Act defines and constructs social reality through the production of norms that have a historical significance.
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Motherhood in Sleepwalking and the Law by Ashley Coe
Legal and cultural constructs of motherhood
Bibliographic Entries
Ertman, Martha M. "Marriage as Trade: Bridging the Private/Public Distinction."
Harvard C.R.-C.L. Review
79 (2001) .
McLellan, David. "Contract Marriage: The Way forward or Dead End?."
Journal of Law and Society
2 (1996) : 234-46.
O'Donovan, Katherine. "Traditional Marriage in English Law."
Des Concubinages: Droit Interne, Droit International, Droit Compare: Etudes offertes a Jacqueline Rubellin-Devichi
. Paris: Editions Litec , 2002 .
Puxon, Margaret.
The Family and the Law: The Laws of Marriage, Separation, and Divorce
. Harmondsworth: Penguin , 1963 .
Smart, Carole.
The Ties that Bind : Law, Marriage and the Reproduction of Patriarchal Relations
. London: Routledge , 1984 .
Smart, Carole. "Stories of Family Life: Cohabitation, Marriage and Social Change."
Canadian Journal of Family Law
17.1 (2000) : 20-53.
Smart, Carole, ed.
Regulating Womanhood: Historical Essays on Marriage, Motherhood, and Sexuality
. London: Routledge , 1992 .
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