TY - GEN AU - Jacob,Frank AU - Mohammed,Jowan A. AU - Jacob,Frank AU - Mohammed,Jowan A. TI - Marriage Discourses : Historical and Literary Perspectives on Gender Inequality and Patriarchic Exploitation SN - 9783110751451 PY - 2021/// CY - Berlin/Boston PB - De Gruyter KW - Literature & literary studies KW - bicssc KW - History KW - General & world history KW - Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 KW - Social & cultural history KW - Gender studies, gender groups KW - Marriage discourses KW - marriage KW - marital relations KW - gender roles N1 - Open Access N2 - Marriage was historically not only a romantic ideal, but a tool of exploitation of women in many regards. Discourses about marriage in history and literature naturally became more and more heated, especially during the “long” 19th century. The present volume provides a discussion of the marriage discourses in different chronological and geographical contexts and shows which arguments played an important role in the demand for more equality UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/52336/1/9783110751451.pdf UR - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/77265 ER -