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- Title
Constructing Marriage: Exploring Marriage as an Ideograph.
- Authors
Stassen, Heather; Bates, Benjamin
- Abstract
The gay marriage debates, high divorce rates, and scandals involving polygamists have all drawn attention to the concept of marriage. After an analysis of qualitative survey data, this essay argues that participants' responses construct 'marriage' as a term that functions as an ideograph, thus becoming marriage. Although marriage is abstract, it becomes concretized through its function as a point of contention between ideologically opposed groups. In addition, respondents call for a return to the traditional sense of marriage as reflected in their desire for marriage to be defined as commitment, rather than simply love.
- Subjects
MARRIAGE; COMMITMENT ceremonies; SAME-sex marriage; COMMITMENT (Psychology); DIVORCE &; society
- Publication
Qualitative Research Reports in Communication, 2010, Vol 11, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1745-9435
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/17459430903412848