Colliding constructs : exploring discourses regarding traditional marriage and lesbian marriage : a literature review

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dc.contributor.advisorSpedding, Maxine F.
dc.contributor.authorPadfield, Lisa Raeen_ZA
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Psychology.
dc.date.accessioned2008-04-10T07:44:31Zen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-09T11:11:02Z
dc.date.available2008-04-10T07:44:31Zen_ZA
dc.date.available2010-07-09T11:11:02Z
dc.date.issued2007-12en_ZA
dc.descriptionThesis (MA (Psychology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007.
dc.description.abstractThis study explores the discourses in the literature regarding same-sex marriage and their underlying assumptions. Emphasis is placed on highlighting how researchers assume particular socio-political positions in their constructions of lesbian identity and same-sex marriage. The historical evolution of the concept and institution of marriage is traced so as to throw light on the socially constructed nature of a concept we might otherwise assume is fixed. Social constructionism provides the theoretical point of departure for the literature review and is applied through the tool of discourse analysis. The review attempts to explore in what ways the literature itself solves the tension between marriage as traditionally heterosexist and lesbians’ construction of their own identity in the context of intimate relationships, namely lesbian marriage.en_ZA
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/3472
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch
dc.rights.holderUniversity of Stellenbosch
dc.subjectSame-sex marriageen
dc.subjectMarriageen
dc.subjectDissertations -- Psychologyen
dc.subjectTheses -- Psychologyen
dc.titleColliding constructs : exploring discourses regarding traditional marriage and lesbian marriage : a literature reviewen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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