Marriage and Love

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"Marriage and Love" is an influential essay by anarchist writer Emma Goldman that critiques traditional marriage as an institution and advocates for free, uncoerced love.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf essay
literary work
advocates free love
individual autonomy in relationships
sexual freedom
uncoerced relationships
women's emancipation
associatedWith Emma Goldman NERFINISHED
anarchist movement in the United States
early 20th-century feminist movement
author Emma Goldman NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticizes economic dependence of women in marriage
institution of marriage
legal marriage
patriarchal family structure
religious control over marriage
state control over marriage
form prose
genre anarchist literature
feminist literature
hasPerspective love as a liberatory force
marriage as a form of social control
marriage as incompatible with genuine love
influenced anarchist perspectives on sexuality
free love discourse in the 20th century
later feminist critiques of marriage
influencedBy 19th-century free love movement
Emma Goldman's anarchist philosophy
intendedAudience general public
women
workers
language English
mainSubject anarchism
feminism
love
marriage
philosophicalTradition anarchist feminism
individualist anarchism
positionOnLove argues love cannot be legislated
argues love should be free from legal bonds
distinguishes love from marriage
positionOnMarriage views marriage as an economic arrangement
views marriage as oppressive to women
publicationPeriod early 20th century
theme critique of legal and religious authority
gender inequality
personal freedom in intimate relationships

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Anarchism and Other Essays hasPart Marriage and Love