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9. Scenes from a Marriage: The Age of Innocence as Discourse on the Transactional Value of Marriage 9. 《婚姻的场景:纯真年代对婚姻交易价值的论述》

Marriage Discourses Pub Date : 2021-11-22 DOI: 10.1515/9783110751451-009

Jessica Allen Hanssen

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6. Marriage as Exploitation: Emma Goldman and the Anarchist Concept of Female Liberation 6. 作为剥削的婚姻:艾玛·戈德曼与无政府主义的女性解放观

Marriage Discourses Pub Date : 2021-11-22 DOI: 10.1515/9783110751451-006

F. Jacob

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4. Challenging Patriarchy: Marriage and the Reform of Marriage Law in Imperial Germany and the Weimar Republic 4. 挑战父权制:德意志帝国与魏玛共和国的婚姻与婚姻法改革

Marriage Discourses Pub Date : 2021-11-22 DOI: 10.1515/9783110751451-004

Marion Röwekamp

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5. On the Discourse of the “New Sexual Morality” in the German Empire: Robert Michels’ Sexual Ethics between Women’s Movement, Social Democracy, and Sociology 5. 论德意志帝国的“新性道德”话语——罗伯特·米歇尔斯在妇女运动、社会民主主义与社会学之间的性伦理

Marriage Discourses Pub Date : 2021-11-22 DOI: 10.1515/9783110751451-005

Vincent Streichhahn

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3. Marriage Discourses in Conflict: Public and Private Order in Early Modern Spain 3.冲突中的婚姻话语:近代早期西班牙的公共与私人秩序

Marriage Discourses Pub Date : 2021-11-22 DOI: 10.1515/9783110751451-003

Mariela Fargas Peñarrocha

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1. Idealized Romantic Love, Legal Issues, and Patriarchic Exploitation: An Introduction to Historical and Literary Marriage Discourses 1. 理想化的浪漫爱情、法律问题与父权剥削:历史与文学婚姻话语导论

Marriage Discourses Pub Date : 2021-11-22 DOI: 10.1515/9783110751451-001

F. Jacob, J. A. Mohammed