Legal Studies 392SS - S-Same-Sex Marriage
Spring
2015
01
3.00
Christopher Sweetapple
W 5:30PM 8:00PM
UMass Amherst
18414
This course homes in on the nexus of political contestation and legal
interventions over the question of same-sex marriage. Drawing on legal
studies, sociology, anthropology, comparative religion, history and other
interdisciplinary scholarship, we will investigate how same-sex marriage
fits into post-Cold War American political and legal culture, with an
emphasis on the social movements and political entities which have forced
the issue via traditional activism, media spectacle and lawfare.
interventions over the question of same-sex marriage. Drawing on legal
studies, sociology, anthropology, comparative religion, history and other
interdisciplinary scholarship, we will investigate how same-sex marriage
fits into post-Cold War American political and legal culture, with an
emphasis on the social movements and political entities which have forced
the issue via traditional activism, media spectacle and lawfare.
Open to Undergraduate Seniors & Juniors only. Pre Req: LEGAL 250