Wife, Inc.: The Business of Marriage in the Twenty-First Century

by Suzanne Leonard

Book Overview

A fascinating look at the changing role of wives in modern America

After a half century of battling for gender equality, women have been freed from the necessity of securing a husband for economic stability, sexual fulfillment, or procreation. Marriage is a choice, and increasingly women (and men) are opting out. Yet despite these changes, the cultural power of marriage has burgeoned. What was once an obligation has become an exclusive...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479874507
• ISBN13: 9781479874507
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.0"