On Marriage / Книга на Английском (Baum Devorah); Hamish Hamilton, 2023

For better or worse. For richer or poorer. Till death us do part . . .

We've always done it, we're still doing it. Straight, queer, coupled or uncoupled, none of us live outside the cultural and psychological influence of marriage and all of us are written into its story. But why this highly contested and ancient practice has remained relevant to so many is by no means certain. Is it an act of love, a leap of faith, a holy bond, a contractual commitment, a bid for security, a framework for family, a hedge against being alone? Or could its traditional cover conceal something a bit more radical? Why do we do it at all?

Drawing on philosophy, film, fiction, comedy, psychoanalysis, music and poetry, Devorah Baum considers the marriage plot. What are we really talking about when we talk about marriage? And what are we really doing when we say, 'I do'?

Entertaining, illuminating, candid and consoling, On Marriage is a critique and a celebration of the many contradictions of matrimony - its sorrows as well as its joys - and an enquiry into its effects on us all.

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Параметр	Значение
ISBN	9780241618011
Автор(ы)	Baum Devorah
Вес	0.45
Возрастное ограничение	16+
Год издания	2023
Жанр	история
Издатель	Hamish Hamilton
Издательство	Hamish Hamilton
Кол-во страниц	324
Количество книг	1
Количество страниц	324
Обложка	твердый переплёт, суперобложка
Оформление обложки	суперобложка
Тип обложки	твердая