Love is a Battlefield
The Performance and Politics of Same-Sex Marriage in North America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12370058 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Dickinson (Parkinson's Foundation, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 277-297 |
| Publication date | 2008-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Text and Performance Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1046-2937 • E-ISSN: 1479-5760 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10462930802107944 |
| OpenAlex | W2051505662 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 17 |
This essay examines the politics of same-sex marriage in Canada and the United States alongside its performative representation on stage in both countries. I argue, via Freeman Freeman , Elizabeth . The Wedding Complex: Forms of Belonging in Modern American Culture . Durham, NC : Duke U P , 2002 .[Crossref] , [Google Scholar], that marriage as an institution bestowing rights upon private individuals needs to be decoupled from the wedding ceremony, a ritual event that asks a participatory public to avow, or disavow, the form and force of its connections with each other, and with various state apparatuses in or against whose name those connections are made. In so doing, I move from J.L. Austin to Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens, whose Love Art Laboratory project uses the wedding ceremony to initiate a different sort of repeating with respect to the Iraq War, whereby “I do” becomes “I do not.”
Ancient history · Battlefield · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Diversity and Impact of Dance · Gender Studies · History · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Theatre and Performance Studies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2013 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |