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Families we choose : lesbians, gays, kinship /Kath Weston

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher number: International Book Distributors | ;Flat No.17,Prakash Apartments ,5 Ansari Road,DaryaGanj,New Delhi-110002Series: Between men--between womenPublication details: New York : Columbia University Press , ©1991.Description: xi, 261 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780231110938
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 306.87 WES
Contents:
Exiles from kinship -- Coming out to "blood" relatives -- Kinship and coherence: the stories -- Families we choose -- Lovers through the looking glass -- Parenting in the age of AIDS -- The politics of gay families.
Summary: This study draws upon fieldwork and interviews conducted in the San Francisco Bay area to explore the contemporary manner in which gay men and lesbians are constructing their own notions of kinship by drawing on the symbolism of love, friendship and biology.
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Exiles from kinship --
Coming out to "blood" relatives --
Kinship and coherence: the stories --
Families we choose --
Lovers through the looking glass --
Parenting in the age of AIDS --
The politics of gay families.

This study draws upon fieldwork and interviews conducted in the San Francisco Bay area to explore the contemporary manner in which gay men and lesbians are constructing their own notions of kinship by drawing on the symbolism of love, friendship and biology.

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