Framing American Divorce
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Framing American Divorce
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Author : Norma Basch
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2001-08-24
Framing American Divorce written by Norma Basch and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-08-24 with History categories.
Framing American Divorce is a boldly innovative exploration of the multiple meanings of divorce in American life during the formative years of both the nation and its law, roughly 1770 to 1870. Drawing on a wide array of sources, Basch enriches and complicates our understanding of the development of divorce law by telling her story from three discrete but overlapping perspectives. In "Rules" she tracks the broad public debate and legislation over the appropriate grounds for and long-term consequences of divorce. "Mediations" shifts to a close-up analysis of the way ordinary women and men tested the rules in the county courts. And "Representations" charts the spiraling imagery of divorce through stories that made their way into American popular culture.
An American Divorce
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Author : J. N. Welch
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-12-15
An American Divorce written by J. N. Welch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-15 with categories.
Is the United States once again facing an 1860s-like Civil War environment?Roughly 70% of Americans believe another Civil War could occur in today's political climate. And it is easy to understand why. Escalating racial tensions. Nothing of substance getting done in Washington, DC. Two impeachments in the last four presidencies. A partisan divide perhaps greater than that of the American Civil War.With impeccable timing, An American Divorce contemplates "divorce" in the United States. While many pundits have opinions as to "why" the US is so divided, An American Divorce answers the more important question of how today's conservatives can divorce their toxic partner.Writing under a pseudonym to ensure his freedom to speak hard truths without fear of negative repercussions, the author contemplates the political, cultural, and geographical ramifications associated with a "good" and "bad" breakup of the United States of America.From the benign to the revolutionary, An American Divorce has the potential to expand today's media conversation into an all-out mass-movement frenzy about why it may simply be too late for "blue" and "red" Americans to unify. In what could best be described as the ultimate game of revolutionary poker, the author is raring to discuss:?Why is the USA facing a revolutionary environment no less profound than that of the Civil War??In the context of a 21-first century mass movement, who would the various divorce players be??How should a "real" discussion on race relations be framed??What is the difference between a "good" and "bad" American divorce??What direction will the marriage/divorce take should Trump win in 2020? What about a Trump loss?Released as the nation is reeling from COVID-19, economic uncertainty, and civil unrest, An American Divorce is a must-read for those who hope to find a divorce catalyst that can move today's one-sided discussion beyond the politics of fear, guilt, and privilege.Controversial, provocative, and revolutionary, An American Divorce is urgent reading for our troubled times.
An American Divorce
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Author : J. N. Welch
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-07-24
An American Divorce written by J. N. Welch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-24 with categories.
Is the United States on the brink of a breakup? In what could best be described as the ultimate game of revolutionary poker, An American Divorce lays out a thought-provoking road map that considers the following mass movement questions:?Why is the USA facing a revolutionary environment no less profound than that of the Civil War??In the context of a twenty-first century mass movement, who would the various divorce players be??How should a "real" discussion on race-relations be framed??What is the difference between a "good" and "bad" American divorce??What direction will the marriage/divorce take should Trump win in 2020? What about a Trump loss??Can the United States once again find democratic purpose and normalcy; or is today the time to openly discuss the ramifications of a geographical separation?Using the pseudonym, J. N. Welch, this anonymous CEO unmasks those who use the politics of fear and intimidation to silence millions of Americans.From the benign to the revolutionary, this controversial book offers a bold and unfiltered conversation about the forces behind America's irreconcilable differences. More profoundly, An American Divorce has the transcendent power to move beyond the dysfunction, debt, and division that is crippling our great nation.
Love American Style
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Author : Kimberly Freeman
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2004-03
Love American Style written by Kimberly Freeman and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-03 with Literary Criticism categories.
A popular subject in sociology and cultural studies, divorce has until recently been overlooked by literary critics. Spanning nearly a century during which the divorce rate skyrocketed, Love American Style traces the treatment of divorce in the American novel. This book draws upon popular, sociological, political and architectural history to illustrate how divorce reflects conflicting ideologies and notions of American identity. Focusing primarily on work by William Dean Howells, Edith Wharton, Mary McCarthy and John Updike, Kimberly Freeman delineates a system of tropes particular to divorce in American novels, such as the association of divorce with the West and modernity, the dismantling of the home, and the disruption of the boundary between the public and the private. These tropes suggest a literary tradition of love, marriage and divorce that is central to twentieth century American fiction. Offering an explanation for both the treatment of divorce in the American novel as well as its predominance in American culture, this book should appeal to scholars of American literature and popular culture, or anyone interested in how divorce has become so 'American'.
Circumstances Are Destiny
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Author : Tina Stewart Brakebill
language : en
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Release Date : 2006
Circumstances Are Destiny written by Tina Stewart Brakebill and has been published by Kent State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Celestia Rice Colby, born in Ohio in 1827, had lifestyle options that were relatively straightforward for the typical white female child born in the first half of the nineteenth century: she married in 1848, had five children, spent much of her life working as a dairy farmer and housewife, and died in 1900. Her rich legacy, however, extended beyond her children and grandchildren and survived in the form of detailed and reflective diaries and writings. Her private and published writings show that despite the appearances of the quintessential normal life, Colby struggled to reconcile her personal hopes and ambitions with the expectations and obligations placed on her by society. Author Tina Stewart Brakebill has woven original research with secondary material to form the fabric of Colby's life - from her days as the daughter of an Ohio dairy farmer to her relationship with her daughter, a pioneering university professor.
Making Marriage Work
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Author : Kristin Celello
language : en
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Release Date : 2009-02-01
Making Marriage Work written by Kristin Celello and has been published by Univ of North Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-01 with History categories.
By the end of World War I, the skyrocketing divorce rate in the United States had generated a deep-seated anxiety about marriage. This fear drove middle-class couples to seek advice, both professional and popular, in order to strengthen their relationships. In Making Marriage Work, historian Kristin Celello offers an insightful and wide-ranging account of marriage and divorce in America in the twentieth century, focusing on the development of the idea of marriage as "work." Throughout, Celello illuminates the interaction of marriage and divorce over the century and reveals how the idea that marriage requires work became part of Americans' collective consciousness.
The Abortionist Of Howard Street
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Author : R.E. Fulton
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2024-05-15
The Abortionist Of Howard Street written by R.E. Fulton and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-15 with History categories.
Josephine McCarty had many identities. But in Albany, New York, she was known as "Dr. Emma Burleigh," the abortionist of Howard Street. On January 17, 1872, McCarty boarded a streetcar in Utica, New York, shot her ex-lover in the face, and disembarked, unaware that her bullet had passed through her target's head and into the heart of the innocent man sitting beside him. The unlucky passenger died within minutes. Josephine McCarty was arrested for attempted murder and quickly became the most notorious woman in central New York. The Abortionist of Howard Street was, however, far more than a murderer. In Maryland she was "Johnny McCarty," a blockade runner and spy for Confederate forces. New Yorkers whispered of her as a mistress to corrupt Albany politicians. So who was she? The prosecution in her murder trial claimed she was a calculating and heartless operative both in the bedroom and in her public life. Or was she the victim of ill fortune and the systemic weight of misogyny and male violence? The answer, of course, was not as simple as either narrative. In this absorbing and rich history, R.E. Fulton considers the nuances of Josephine McCarty's life from marriage to divorce, from financial abuse to quarrels with intimate partners and more, trying to decipher the truth behind the stories and myths surrounding McCarty and what ultimately led her to that Utica streetcar with a pistol in her dress pocket. In The Abortionist of Howard Street, Fulton revisites a rich history of women's experience in mid-nineteenth century America, revealing McCarty as a multifaceted, fascinating personification of issues as broad as reproductive health, education, domestic abuse, mental illness, and criminal justice.
Negotiating Conquest
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Author : Miroslava Ch‡vez-Garc’a
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 2006-09-01
Negotiating Conquest written by Miroslava Ch‡vez-Garc’a and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-01 with History categories.
"This study examines the ways in which Mexican and Native women challenged the patriarchal traditional culture of the Spanish, Mexican , and early American eras in California, tracing the shifting contingencies surrounding their lives from the imposition of Spanish Catholic colonial rule in the 1770s to the ascendancy of Euro-American Protestant capitalistic society in the 1880s." -from the book cover.
Wives Not Slaves
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Author : Kirsten Sword
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2021-04-15
Wives Not Slaves written by Kirsten Sword and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-15 with History categories.
"Is marriage a privilege or a right? A sacrament or a contract? Is it a public or a private matter? Where does ultimate jurisdiction over it lie? And when a marriage goes wrong, how do we adjudicate marital disputes-particularly in the usual circumstance, where men and women do not have equal access to power, justice, or even voice? These questions have long been with us because they defy easy, concrete answers. Kirsten Sword here reveals that contestation over such questions in early America drove debates over the roles and rights not only of women but of all unfree people. Sword shows how and why gendered hierarchies change-and why, frustratingly, they don't"--
Public Vows
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Author : Nancy F. COTT
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2009-06-30
Public Vows written by Nancy F. COTT and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-30 with History categories.
We commonly think of marriage as a private matter between two people, a personal expression of love and commitment. In this pioneering history, Nancy F. Cott demonstrates that marriage is and always has been a public institution. From the founding of the United States to the present day, imperatives about the necessity of marriage and its proper form have been deeply embedded in national policy, law, and political rhetoric. Legislators and judges have envisioned and enforced their preferred model of consensual, lifelong monogamy--a model derived from Christian tenets and the English common law that posits the husband as provider and the wife as dependent. In early confrontations with Native Americans, emancipated slaves, Mormon polygamists, and immigrant spouses, through the invention of the New Deal, federal income tax, and welfare programs, the federal government consistently influenced the shape of marriages. And even the immense social and legal changes of the last third of the twentieth century have not unraveled official reliance on marriage as a "pillar of the state." By excluding some kinds of marriages and encouraging others, marital policies have helped to sculpt the nation's citizenry, as well as its moral and social standards, and have directly affected national understandings of gender roles and racial difference. Public Vows is a panoramic view of marriage's political history, revealing the national government's profound role in our most private of choices. No one who reads this book will think of marriage in the same way again.