Lerner, Alicia Cafferty

Collects twenty-eight articles that discuss various topics about marriage from around the world, and examines marital rape in Africa; Filipino mail-order brides, child marriages, polygamy, arranged afterlife marriages in Chinese culture, same-sex marriage, prenuptial agreements, dowries, and other related topics.

Focuses on the controversial topic of freedom of expression and offers several diverse opinions.

Examine important aspects of marriage and its global significance in these anthologies of essays.

Contains essays that explore the issue of suicide in Arthur Miller's 1949 drama "Death of a Salesman," and includes background on the author, as well as contemporary perspectives on suicide.