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Courting : An Intimate History Of Love And The Law
Paperback Edition: 1
In Courting, Alecia Simmonds brings these stories vividly to life, revealing the entangled histories of love and the law. Over the long arc of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, pre-industrial romantic customs gave way to middle-class respectability, women used the courts to assert their rights, and the law eventually retreated from people's romantic lives - with women, Simmonds argues, losing out in the process.
Challenging our preconceptions about how previous generations loved and lost, and prompting fascinating questions about the ethics of love today, Courting is a transcontinental journey into the most intimate corners of the past.
Pages : 464
Publisher : La Trobe University Press
Publication date : 2023-11-07
Subjects: Non-fiction, Published in Australia, Law, Family Law, Australasian & Pacific History