Veil and Vow: Marriage Matters in Contemporary African American Culture
Aneeka Ayanna
Henderson
University of North Carolina Press
Aneeka Ayanna Henderson critically examines popular and influential late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century texts alongside legislation such as the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act and the Welfare Reform Act providing a new opportunity to grapple with old questions, including who can be a citizen, a "wife," and "marriageable". Veil and Vow makes clear just how deeply marriage still matters in African American culture.