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Families We Choose: Lesbians, Gays, Kinship Paperback – April 15, 1997

by Kath Weston (Author)

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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.
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  1. Part of series
    Between Men~Between Women: Lesbian and Gay Studies
  2. Print length
    288 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Columbia University Press
  5. Publication date
    April 15, 1997
  6. Dimensions
    8.89 x 5.97 x 0.72 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0231110936
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0231110938
  9. Lexile measure
    1450L
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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

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

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