Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 2017
fore—are likely to be single, and this both liberates them from the bonds of compulsory marriage ... more fore—are likely to be single, and this both liberates them from the bonds of compulsory marriage and maternity and also provides our country with a progressive force for social change. The author’s point is well taken that the diversity of life trajectories open to women (and men) now differs radically from the required early marriage of the past. But the argument that unmarried women are at the heart of an independent nation isn’t any more convincing to me than the alternative possibility that the growth of ideologies of individualism and autonomy have made possible the choices women are now free to make. And of course, both are probably true. This book exists to justify the choices women make to remain single for all or large chunks of their lives. If it sells well, we will have good evidence that American women feel the need for that reassurance. In any case, it’s a delicious read for the beach, or with a glass of wine before bed. And it will provide you with a treasure chest of stories for your next dinner party. y
... I do not dispute Glenn's judgment that "male-female equality in a society i... more ... I do not dispute Glenn's judgment that "male-female equality in a society in which the quality of life is mediocre for everyone is hardly any-one's idea of utopia."58 However, because I am far less willing to sacrifice women's precarious gains on the chimerical ... Judith Stacey 62 ...
Most analyses of postmodern transformations of intimacy feature adult unions, often placing gays ... more Most analyses of postmodern transformations of intimacy feature adult unions, often placing gays and lesbians on the frontier. The contemporary pursuit of parenthood evinces a similar shift from obligation to desire and from an economic to an emotional calculus. Here too, gay men and lesbians serve as pioneers, with planned gay male parenthood occupying particularly avant-garde terrain and Los Angeles County. This article analyzes gay male narratives of parental desire and decision-making drawn from ethnographic research on gay male intimacy and kinship in Los Angeles, the unlikely global epicenter of gay paternity. It identifies a ‘passion for parenthood’ continuum in which most men occupy an intermediate zone which leads them to situational paternity or childlessness contingent upon intimate relationships. Heterosexual ‘situations’ lead most straight men to paternity, while homosexual ‘situations’ lead a majority of gay men to childlessness. Yet the very success gay men achieve pu...
This article investigates the often cited and dismissed, but rarely examined, relationship betwee... more This article investigates the often cited and dismissed, but rarely examined, relationship between legalizing same-sex marriage and polygamy. Employing a comparative historical analysis of U.S. and South African jurisprudence, ideology, and cultural politics, we examine efforts to expand, restrict, and regulate the gender and number of legally recognized conjugal bonds. South African family jurisprudence grants legal recognition to both same-sex marriage and polygyny, while the United States prohibits and resists both. However, social and material conditions make it easier to practice family diversity in the U.S. than in South Africa. Our analysis of the very different histories of polygamy and same-sex marriage in the two societies suggests the centrality of racial politics to marriage regimes, yielding paradoxical narratives about the implications of legal same-sex marriage for the future of polygamy and sexual democracy. If there is a slippery marital slope, we argue, it does not...
This article investigates the often cited and dismissed, but rarely examined, relationship betwee... more This article investigates the often cited and dismissed, but rarely examined, relationship between legalizing same-sex marriage and polygamy. Employing a comparative historical analysis of U.S. and South African jurisprudence, ideology, and cultural politics, we examine efforts to expand, restrict, and regulate the gender and number of legally recognized conjugal bonds. South African family jurisprudence grants legal recognition to both same-sex marriage and polygyny, while the United States prohibits and resists both. However, social and material conditions make it easier to practice family diversity in the U.S. than in South Africa. Our analysis of the very different histories of polygamy and same-sex marriage in the two societies suggests the centrality of racial politics to marriage regimes, yielding paradoxical narratives about the implications of legal same-sex marriage for the future of polygamy and sexual democracy. If there is a slippery marital slope, we argue, it does not...
When discussing the future of “the” family, people often start out from false premises. They comp... more When discussing the future of “the” family, people often start out from false premises. They compare the familiar pattern father-mother-child with a vague notion of “no family,” or assume that another kind of family is replacing the nuclear one. It is much more likely . . . that instead of one kind replacing the other there will be a huge variety of ways of living together or apart which will continue to exist side by side.—Ulrich Beck and Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim (1992, p. 141)
und standortabhängig. Interessanter ist es, die spezifische, wie auch immer gelagerte Verhaltensw... more und standortabhängig. Interessanter ist es, die spezifische, wie auch immer gelagerte Verhaltensweise des Gegenübers überhaupt nachvollziehen zu können. 12 C. MacCormack und M. Strathern 1980, a .a .O.; M. Rosaldo 1980, a.a.O. ; S. Ortner und H. Whitehead 1981, a.a.O. 13 Ronald Grele, „Ziellose Bewegung", in: L. Niethammener (Hrsg.) Lebenserfahrung und kollektives Gedächtnis, Frankfurt 1980. 14 Thomas Leithäuser, Birgit Volmerg, et al., Entwurf zu einer Empirie des Alltagsbewußtseins. Frankfurt 1977; Birgit Volmerg, Ute Volmerg, Thomas Leithäuser, Kriegsängste und Sicherheitsbedürfnis. Frankfurt 1983. 15 Alfred Lorenzer, „Verführung zur Selbstpreisgabe — Psychoanalytisch-tiefenhermeneutische Analyse eines Gedichtes von R.A. Schröder". Frankfurt , unveröff. Manuskript, 1982. 16 Es bleibt, wie Lorenzer es formuliert, nichts anderes übrig, als „eine Entscheidung zu treffen" und uns „für die eine oder andere Strukturanalyse zu entscheiden und . . . den Bezug zur je anderen herzustellen, indem wir deren Erkenntnisresultate als Theorie .heranziehen'"; s. Alfred Lorenzer, Sprachspiel und Interaktionsform, Frankfurt 1977. Makround Mikroanalyse stellen eine Wahl dar, die durch Theorien ergänzt wird.
Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 2017
fore—are likely to be single, and this both liberates them from the bonds of compulsory marriage ... more fore—are likely to be single, and this both liberates them from the bonds of compulsory marriage and maternity and also provides our country with a progressive force for social change. The author’s point is well taken that the diversity of life trajectories open to women (and men) now differs radically from the required early marriage of the past. But the argument that unmarried women are at the heart of an independent nation isn’t any more convincing to me than the alternative possibility that the growth of ideologies of individualism and autonomy have made possible the choices women are now free to make. And of course, both are probably true. This book exists to justify the choices women make to remain single for all or large chunks of their lives. If it sells well, we will have good evidence that American women feel the need for that reassurance. In any case, it’s a delicious read for the beach, or with a glass of wine before bed. And it will provide you with a treasure chest of stories for your next dinner party. y
... I do not dispute Glenn's judgment that "male-female equality in a society i... more ... I do not dispute Glenn's judgment that "male-female equality in a society in which the quality of life is mediocre for everyone is hardly any-one's idea of utopia."58 However, because I am far less willing to sacrifice women's precarious gains on the chimerical ... Judith Stacey 62 ...
Most analyses of postmodern transformations of intimacy feature adult unions, often placing gays ... more Most analyses of postmodern transformations of intimacy feature adult unions, often placing gays and lesbians on the frontier. The contemporary pursuit of parenthood evinces a similar shift from obligation to desire and from an economic to an emotional calculus. Here too, gay men and lesbians serve as pioneers, with planned gay male parenthood occupying particularly avant-garde terrain and Los Angeles County. This article analyzes gay male narratives of parental desire and decision-making drawn from ethnographic research on gay male intimacy and kinship in Los Angeles, the unlikely global epicenter of gay paternity. It identifies a ‘passion for parenthood’ continuum in which most men occupy an intermediate zone which leads them to situational paternity or childlessness contingent upon intimate relationships. Heterosexual ‘situations’ lead most straight men to paternity, while homosexual ‘situations’ lead a majority of gay men to childlessness. Yet the very success gay men achieve pu...
This article investigates the often cited and dismissed, but rarely examined, relationship betwee... more This article investigates the often cited and dismissed, but rarely examined, relationship between legalizing same-sex marriage and polygamy. Employing a comparative historical analysis of U.S. and South African jurisprudence, ideology, and cultural politics, we examine efforts to expand, restrict, and regulate the gender and number of legally recognized conjugal bonds. South African family jurisprudence grants legal recognition to both same-sex marriage and polygyny, while the United States prohibits and resists both. However, social and material conditions make it easier to practice family diversity in the U.S. than in South Africa. Our analysis of the very different histories of polygamy and same-sex marriage in the two societies suggests the centrality of racial politics to marriage regimes, yielding paradoxical narratives about the implications of legal same-sex marriage for the future of polygamy and sexual democracy. If there is a slippery marital slope, we argue, it does not...
This article investigates the often cited and dismissed, but rarely examined, relationship betwee... more This article investigates the often cited and dismissed, but rarely examined, relationship between legalizing same-sex marriage and polygamy. Employing a comparative historical analysis of U.S. and South African jurisprudence, ideology, and cultural politics, we examine efforts to expand, restrict, and regulate the gender and number of legally recognized conjugal bonds. South African family jurisprudence grants legal recognition to both same-sex marriage and polygyny, while the United States prohibits and resists both. However, social and material conditions make it easier to practice family diversity in the U.S. than in South Africa. Our analysis of the very different histories of polygamy and same-sex marriage in the two societies suggests the centrality of racial politics to marriage regimes, yielding paradoxical narratives about the implications of legal same-sex marriage for the future of polygamy and sexual democracy. If there is a slippery marital slope, we argue, it does not...
When discussing the future of “the” family, people often start out from false premises. They comp... more When discussing the future of “the” family, people often start out from false premises. They compare the familiar pattern father-mother-child with a vague notion of “no family,” or assume that another kind of family is replacing the nuclear one. It is much more likely . . . that instead of one kind replacing the other there will be a huge variety of ways of living together or apart which will continue to exist side by side.—Ulrich Beck and Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim (1992, p. 141)
und standortabhängig. Interessanter ist es, die spezifische, wie auch immer gelagerte Verhaltensw... more und standortabhängig. Interessanter ist es, die spezifische, wie auch immer gelagerte Verhaltensweise des Gegenübers überhaupt nachvollziehen zu können. 12 C. MacCormack und M. Strathern 1980, a .a .O.; M. Rosaldo 1980, a.a.O. ; S. Ortner und H. Whitehead 1981, a.a.O. 13 Ronald Grele, „Ziellose Bewegung", in: L. Niethammener (Hrsg.) Lebenserfahrung und kollektives Gedächtnis, Frankfurt 1980. 14 Thomas Leithäuser, Birgit Volmerg, et al., Entwurf zu einer Empirie des Alltagsbewußtseins. Frankfurt 1977; Birgit Volmerg, Ute Volmerg, Thomas Leithäuser, Kriegsängste und Sicherheitsbedürfnis. Frankfurt 1983. 15 Alfred Lorenzer, „Verführung zur Selbstpreisgabe — Psychoanalytisch-tiefenhermeneutische Analyse eines Gedichtes von R.A. Schröder". Frankfurt , unveröff. Manuskript, 1982. 16 Es bleibt, wie Lorenzer es formuliert, nichts anderes übrig, als „eine Entscheidung zu treffen" und uns „für die eine oder andere Strukturanalyse zu entscheiden und . . . den Bezug zur je anderen herzustellen, indem wir deren Erkenntnisresultate als Theorie .heranziehen'"; s. Alfred Lorenzer, Sprachspiel und Interaktionsform, Frankfurt 1977. Makround Mikroanalyse stellen eine Wahl dar, die durch Theorien ergänzt wird.
À partir de terrains et de méthodes variés (ethnographie, sociologie historique, cultural studies... more À partir de terrains et de méthodes variés (ethnographie, sociologie historique, cultural studies), Judith Stacey a mené des recherches portant notamment sur les thèmes de la famille, du genre, de la sexualité et du féminisme. Son travail et son engagement pour ce qu’elle appelle « l’activisme intellectuel » l’ont amenée à participer très directement aux débats étasuniens sur la famille, au cœur d’enjeux indissociablement politiques, économiques et raciaux. On assiste à partir des années 1990 à l’émergence dans l’espace public et au déploie-ment à travers l’espace politique d’un nouveau discours familialiste, se revendiquant de la science plutôt que de la religion ou de la morale pour promouvoir les valeurs familiales, le modèle de la famille nucléaire traditionnelle et dénoncer les impacts sociaux des nouvelles réalités familiales. Des effets de la banalisation du divorce et des familles monoparentales à la reconnaissance de l’homoparentalité, les sciences sociales ont été convoquées de manière croissante dans ces débats, tantôt comme outil de légitimation des politiques publiques et des évolutions législatives, tantôt comme argument d’autorité au service des mobilisations de tous bords. Judith Stacey revient dans cet entretien sur 25 ans de « guerres de la famille », les controverses scientifiques qui les ont ponctué et auxquelles son travail a été directement mêlé, ainsi que sur les profondes évolutions culturelles qui en ont été la trame.
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