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Discourse, identity, and social change in the marriage equality debates / Karen Tracy.

Author/creator Tracy, Karen author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Descriptionx, 212 pages ; 25 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Oxford studies in language and law
Oxford studies in language and law. ^A1325080
Contents The genre of oral argument -- Naming of litigants -- Ideology in judges' questions -- Identity-work in judicial opinions -- The legislative hearing genre -- Religion, citizenship, and identity in US law-making -- Storytelling and social change -- Morality arguments in the DOMA debates -- Discourse, law, and social change.
Abstract "Karen Tracy examines the identity-work of judges and attorneys in state supreme courts as they debated the legality of existing marriage laws. Exchanges in state appellate courts are juxtaposed with the talk that occurred between citizens and elected officials in legislative hearings considering whether to revise state marriage laws. The book's analysis spans ten years, beginning with the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of sodomy laws in 2003 and ending in 2013 when the U.S. Supreme Court declared the federal government's Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional, and it particularly focuses on how social change was accomplished through and reflected in these law-making and law-interpreting discourses. ... The book shows that social change occurred as the public discourse that treated sexual orientation as a "lifestyle" was replaced with a public discourse of gays and lesbians as a legitimate category of citizen."--Publisher's website.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 193-209) and index.
LCCN 2015036299
ISBN9780190217969 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0190217960 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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