Carol Weisbrod: 3 books
Butterfly, the Bride
Essays on Law, Narrative, and the Family
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2009
Carol Weisbrod uses a variety of stories to raise important questions about how society, through law, defines relationships in the family. Beginning with a story most familiar from the opera Madame Butterfly, Weisbrod addresses issues such as marriage, divorce, parent-child relations and abuses, and...
Emblems of Pluralism
Cultural Differences and the State
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2009
From outlawing polygamy and mandating public education to protecting the rights of minorities, the framing of group life by the state has been a subject of considerable interest and controversy throughout the history of the United States. The subject continues to be important in many countries. This...
Grounding Security
Family, Insurance and the State
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
This book examines some of the mechanisms which are currently conceived as affording individual security. The idea of security includes emotional and financial components. These interconnect so that such common concepts as 'trust' in someone and 'care taking' include both ideas of emotional and financial...