Families We Choose by Kath Weston

Families We Choose by Kath Weston

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.

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 and gay studies and in the anthropology of American culture. SIGNS: Journal of Women in Culture and Society This book demands--and deserves--thorough and careful reading...A well-documented work for gay studies collections. Library Journal Weighs in as an important contribution to current debates about family and family values. American Journal of Sociology

Kath Weston is associate professor of anthropology at Arizona State University West in Phoenix.

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ISBN 13	9780231110938
ISBN 10	0231110936
Titel	Families We Choose
Autor	Kath Weston
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Columbia University Press
Erscheinungsjahr	1997-10-15
Seitenanzahl	288
Preise	Winner of Ruth Benedict Prize in Anthropology 1990
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.