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Families We Choose: Lesbians, Gays, Kinship
Kath Weston
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Description for Families We Choose: Lesbians, Gays, Kinship
Paperback. This classic text, originally published in 1991 and now revised and updated to include a new preface, draws upon fieldwork and interviews to explore the ways gay men and lesbians are constructing their own notions of kinship by drawing on the symbolism of love, friendship, and biology. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK; JHBK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
This classic text, originally published in 1991 and now revised and updated to include a new preface, draws upon fieldwork and interviews to explore the ways gay men and lesbians are constructing their own notions of kinship by drawing on the symbolism of love, friendship, and biology.
This classic text, originally published in 1991 and now revised and updated to include a new preface, draws upon fieldwork and interviews to explore the ways gay men and lesbians are constructing their own notions of kinship by drawing on the symbolism of love, friendship, and biology.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231110938
SKU
V9780231110938
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About Kath Weston
Kath Weston is associate professor of anthropology at Arizona State University West in Phoenix.
Reviews for Families We Choose: Lesbians, Gays, Kinship
Graceful... Valuable for the ways it demonstrates that, like race, gender and sexual identity, the meaning of kinship is culturally relative
and susceptible to change. The Women's Review of Books The first to analyze the historical conditions, social meaning, and political implications of lesbians and gays' appropriating the language of kinship...A fine book. Contemporary Sociology Represents a new direction in lesbian ... Read more
and susceptible to change. The Women's Review of Books The first to analyze the historical conditions, social meaning, and political implications of lesbians and gays' appropriating the language of kinship...A fine book. Contemporary Sociology Represents a new direction in lesbian ... Read more