No Place Like Home: Relationships and Family Life among Lesbians and Gay Men |
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| Author:
| Carrington, Christopher |
| Series title: | Worlds of Desire Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-282-42622-1 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $90.00 |
Book Description:
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In this rich, surprising portrait of the world of lesbian and gay relationships, Christopher Carrington unveils the complex and artful ways that gay people create and maintain both homes and chosen families for themselves. Carefully separating stereotype from reality, Carrington investigates family in the gay and lesbian community. Relying upon interviews and observation, the author analyzes the loves and routings of 52 diverse lesbian, gay, and bisexual couples in the Bay area....
More DescriptionIn this rich, surprising portrait of the world of lesbian and gay relationships, Christopher Carrington unveils the complex and artful ways that gay people create and maintain both homes and chosen families for themselves.
Carefully separating stereotype from reality, Carrington investigates family in the gay and lesbian community. Relying upon interviews and observation, the author analyzes the loves and routings of 52 diverse lesbian, gay, and bisexual couples in the Bay area. . . . [He] closes the work with a discussion of the raging same-sex marriage debate and posits an enlightened solution to this dilemma. "Library Journal""