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            Odd Couples

            A History of Gay Marriage in Scandinavia

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            Rydström, Jens
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            The concept of marriage as a union of a man and a woman was fundamentally challenged by the introduction of registered partnership in Denmark in 1989. "http://www.aup.nl/do.php?a=show_visitor_book&isbn=9789052603810">Odd Couples. A History of Gay Marriage in Scandinavia is the first comprehensive history of registered partnership and gay marriage in Scandinavia. It presents an outstanding study of the interaction between gay activism and traditional party politics. Based on interviews, parliamentary print and party documents, it gives a first-hand account of how the political stakeholders acted in a short and decisive period of Scandinavian history. The author traces the origins of laws which initially were extremely controversial - inside and outside the gay community - but have now gained broad popular and political support. The different experiences in all Scandinavian countries (Denmark -including Greenland and the Faroe Islands-, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, and Finland) are investigated in order to present a nuanced understanding of a fascinating political process that began in the 1960s and continues to change the ways we understand family, sexuality and nation.
             
            Odd Couples. A History of Gay Marriage in Scandinavia is het eerste omvangrijke boek over de geschiedenis van het geregistreerd partnerschap en het homohuwelijk in Scandinavië. Dit boek presenteert een grondig onderzoek naar de wisselwerking tussen het homoactivisme en traditionele partijpolitiek. Gebaseerd op interviews, parlementaire documenten en partijstukken geeft Odd Couples een relaas uit de eerste hand van de handelingen van de politieke partijen tijdens een korte maar cruciale periode in de Scandinavische geschiedenis. De auteur beschrijft de oorsprong van de wetten die aanvankelijk zeer omstreden waren - binnen en buiten de homogemeenschap - en tegenwoordig brede publieke en politieke steun genieten. De verschillende ervaringen in alle Scandinavische landen (Denemarken, Finland, IJsland, Noorwegen en Zweden) worden onderzocht om een beeld te krijgen van een fascinerende politieke proces dat in de jaren 1960 ontstond, wat uiteindelijk leidde tot een brede acceptatie van het homohuwelijk. De invoering van het geregistreerd partnerschap in 1989 in Denemarken zorgde ervoor dat het huwelijk niet langer strikt gezien werd als een verbintenis tussen man en vrouw.
             
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            https://doab-dev.siscern.org/handle/20.500.12854/191067
            Keywords
            sociology; sociologie; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology
            DOI
            10.5117/9789052603810
            ISBN
            9789052603810
            Publisher
            Amsterdam University Press
            Publisher website
            www.aup.nl
            Publication date and place
            2011
            Pages
            236
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