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<p>Divorce has become one of the most widely discussed issues in America.<br> In this innovative exploration of the phenomenon of divorce in American society, Norma Basch uses a variety of analytic perspectives to enrich our understanding of the meaning of divorce during the formative years of both the nation and its law, roughly 1770 to 1870. She provides a fascinating, thoughtful look at divorce as a legal action, as an individual experience, and as a cultural symbol in its era of institutionalization and traces the powerful legacy of the first American divorce experiences for us today.<br> Using a unique methodology, Basch fragments her story into three discrete but chronologically overlapping perspectives.<br> In Part I, "Rules," she analyzes the changing legal and legislative aspects of divorce and the public response to them. Part II, "Mediations," focuses on individual cases and presents a close-up analysis of the way ordinary women and men tested the law in the courts. And Part III, "Representations," charts the spiraling imagery of divorce through various fiction and non-fiction narratives that made their way into American popular culture during the nineteenth century.<br>

Author

Norma Basch

Publisher

Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780520214903

Subjects

History, Sociology, Science