{"product_id":"state-of-the-marital-union-rhetoric-identity-and-nineteenth-century-marriage-controversies-hardcover","title":"State of the Marital Union: Rhetoric, Identity, and Nineteenth-Century Marriage Controversies - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeslie J. Harris\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eState of the Marital Union \u003c\/i\u003edocuments the transformations of public identity occurring in American society through a close examination of the rhetoric used in nineteenth-century marriage controversies. Leslie J. Harris argues that American citizenship is, in part, rhetorically constituted through marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe public debates over seemingly distinct marriage controversies, such as domestic violence, divorce, polygamy, free love, and interracial marriage, functioned as ways of both challenging and solidifying norms of gender, race, class, and ethnicity. Public sentiment operated as a lens for understanding some of the most heated public issues of the time, including slavery, westward expansion, women's rights, and immigration. Harris demonstrates how the private wife became the public woman by contesting legal standing in both the court of law and the court of public opinion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eState of the Marital Union\u003c\/i\u003e makes the case that marriage is a critical site for constituting and performing ways of being in the American public, which has significant implications for understanding both female roles and the body politic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeslie J. Harris is Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 223\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.1 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42168532009095,"sku":"9781481300513","price":62.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/8501245b5b04b56ba83d6a325b370bed.webp?v=1733336120","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/state-of-the-marital-union-rhetoric-identity-and-nineteenth-century-marriage-controversies-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}