What is Marriage?: Histories and Structures of Marital Institutions

3 credits · Undergraduate credit

Although marriage is often assumed to be a universal and stable institution, what we call marriage is a variable and changing bundle of arrangements, relationships, and expectations. This class will explore some of the range of institutional forms that have been called marriage, as well as the specific histories of marriage in the Christian West, and include case studies of marital institutions from other societies and cultures.