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Sex and Marriage (1994 Video)

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Out OF Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1999 sale: £12.75 (+VAT inc. p&p)

In many cultures marriage is not just a pact between man and woman for sexual access and procreation. Customs are unique within societies and are often related to the economy.

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Most Mysterious Marriage, A (1999 Video)

aka: Mystery of the Marriage

Producer

Cameron Balbirnie

Subject

Art

Distribution

Off-air recording, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 2001 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Follows art historian Craig Harbison on a quest to resolve the mystery surrounding Jan van Eyck’s painting ‘The Arnolfini Marriage’, commissioned in 1434 by a wealthy Renaissance merchant. A new...

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Case Against 8, The (2014)

Director

Ben Cotner; Ben White

Subject

Law

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 112 minutes), £15.99

A behind-the-scenes look inside the historic case to overturn California’s ban on same-sex marriage. The high-profile trial first makes headlines with the unlikely pairing of Ted Olson and David Boies,...

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Every Good Marriage Begins with Tears (2008)

Director

Simon Chambers

Subject

Social Studies; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 63 minutes), £50.00

East London Muslim girl Shahanara is changing from pink hot pants into a sari to meet her husband at the airport. She has only met him once before, when she was married in a union arranged by her Bangladeshi...

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Hogarth’s ‘Marriage A-La-Mode’ (1997 Video)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min., 1999 sale £13.00 (inclusive)

Studies the six engravings of Hogarth’s ‘Marriage a-la-Mode’ series in detail, looking at their portrayal of adultery, venereal disease, murder and suicide, and placing them in the context of his other...

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Marriage in the 1950s and 60s: from Wedding Vows to Happily Ever After? (2010)

Subject

History; Social Studies; Women’s studies

After World War II, during which most women worked outside the home as part of the war effort, everything changed. As the men went back to their jobs, the women were expected to return to their role as...

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Why Conciliation Works (1989 Video)

Subject

Sociology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20 min.

Claire Rayner and Robbi Robson, Chief Executive of Gingerbread, discuss the process of conciliation with a recently divorced couple. Aims to show that conciliation can enable divorced couples to negotiate...

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Cage Aux Folles, La (1978)

Director

Edouard Molinaro

Producer

Marcello Danon

Subject

Literature; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (BR Region B, 96 minutes), £17.99

Edouard Molinaro’s adaptation of Jean Poirer’s stage farce about gay parents masquerading as straight has gained a long-lasting mainstream success for its prophetic portrait of gay marriage. This new...

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Marriage of Figaro, The (Ou) (1987 Video)

Producer

Robert Philip

Subject

Drama; Music

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

Consists of three scenes from Beaumarchais’ play ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ and the same scenes from Mozart’s opera: Act V, part of Figaro’s monologue and part of Figaro’s aria; Act III, the duet...

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Three Hours After Marriage (1996 Video)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

REFERENCE ONLY, Videocassette. col. 120 min.

Video recording using three cameras of a performance of ‘Three Hours after Marriage’ by John Gay, Alexander Pope and John Arbuthnot, directed by Richard Cottrell, by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the...

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