{"product_id":"state-of-the-marital-union-leslie-j-harris-9781481300513","title":"State of the Marital Union: Rhetoric, Identity, and Nineteenth-Century Marriage Controversies","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leslie J. Harris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1481300512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781481300513\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Baylor University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.40w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2015 pg. 1191","brand":"Leslie J. Harris","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44123972436223,"sku":"9781481300513","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b8aaf482-18c7-489e-bb07-7bbf08adb55a.jpg?v=1687433991","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/state-of-the-marital-union-leslie-j-harris-9781481300513","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}