{"product_id":"on-marriage-paperback","title":"On Marriage - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDevorah Baum\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA compulsively readable, startling, and philosophically rich book about marriage, from an acclaimed critic and filmmaker \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year - A \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e Best Nonfiction Book of the Year - A Seminary Coop Notable Book of 2023 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Baum is an erudite and entertaining guide through the landscape of marriage. . . . A fascinating exploration.\"--Stephanie Merritt, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"As far back as our history books go, we have no record of a time preceding marriage. Isn't that an extraordinary fact?\" So writes Devorah Baum in this searching and revelatory book. Marriage, for better or for worse, is how humans have organized their world and told their story. Straight, queer, coupled, single: none live outside the remit of marriage. One might as well try to live beyond language. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But when confronted with the question \"\u003ci\u003eWhat do intellectuals think of marriage?\"\u003c\/i\u003e Baum concludes that most philosophers have preferred to avoid the subject. Is marriage then an intellectual blind spot? To fill in the gaps, she draws on a wide range of cultural material, from the classical to the contemporary, while interweaving reflections on her own experiences of matrimony to both critique and celebrate marriage's many contradictions and its profound effects on us all. In doing so, she reveals how marriage has worked as a cover story for power and its abuses on the one hand, and for subversive and even utopian relational practices on the other. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Entertaining, illuminating, consoling, and candid, \u003ci\u003eOn Marriage\u003c\/i\u003e is an unprecedented investigation of what we are really talking about when we talk about marriage.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDevorah Baum\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, film director, and professor in English literature at the University of Southampton. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eFeeling Jewish (a Book for Just About Anyone)\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Jewish Joke: An Essay with Examples (Less Essay, More Examples)\u003c\/i\u003e. With Josh Appignanesi, her spouse, she is both codirector and performer in the documentaries \u003ci\u003eThe New Man\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHusband\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in London, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 14, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758464958752,"sku":"9780300281828","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/60e9ab82aa5ad15eed24d5ee307050eb.webp?v=1780126951","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/on-marriage-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}