Families We Choose: Lesbians, Gays, Kinship
Kath Weston
(Author)
Description
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
Price
$27.95
$25.99
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Publish Date
October 15, 1997
Pages
288
Dimensions
5.97 X 8.89 X 0.72 inches | 0.87 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780231110938
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About the Author
Kath Weston is associate professor of anthropology at Arizona State University West in Phoenix.
Reviews
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
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
