Family matters: Women who ‘marry’ women in Iceland
This article is based on study among women who ‘married’ other women in Iceland. It reveals complexity and controversial issues of visibility and acceptance, and illustrates the differing reception that same-sex partnership recognition receives in public, within families and within the non-heterosex...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/1440783313507492 2024-10-06T13:49:53+00:00 Family matters: Women who ‘marry’ women in Iceland Einarsdóttir, Anna 2013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1440783313507492 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1440783313507492 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/1440783313507492 en eng SAGE Publications https://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Journal of Sociology volume 52, issue 2, page 173-189 ISSN 1440-7833 1741-2978 journal-article 2013 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/1440783313507492 2024-09-10T04:26:54Z This article is based on study among women who ‘married’ other women in Iceland. It reveals complexity and controversial issues of visibility and acceptance, and illustrates the differing reception that same-sex partnership recognition receives in public, within families and within the non-heterosexual community in general. While same-sex partnership recognition has the potential to shape public opinion in positive ways, marriage neither guarantees acceptance from family nor does it automatically lead to visibility. These findings are interesting in light of the growing body of literature on the fading importance of tradition, growing individualization and the decline of the nuclear family, as they act to complicate such claims, showing that it is precisely through traditional family rituals that acceptance of same-sex relationships is communicated in small close-knit communities. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland SAGE Publications Journal of Sociology 52 2 173 189 |
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This article is based on study among women who ‘married’ other women in Iceland. It reveals complexity and controversial issues of visibility and acceptance, and illustrates the differing reception that same-sex partnership recognition receives in public, within families and within the non-heterosexual community in general. While same-sex partnership recognition has the potential to shape public opinion in positive ways, marriage neither guarantees acceptance from family nor does it automatically lead to visibility. These findings are interesting in light of the growing body of literature on the fading importance of tradition, growing individualization and the decline of the nuclear family, as they act to complicate such claims, showing that it is precisely through traditional family rituals that acceptance of same-sex relationships is communicated in small close-knit communities. |
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