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Same Sex Intimacies : Families of Choice and Other Life Experiments
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Same Sex Intimacies : Families of Choice and Other Life Experiments Paperback - 2001 - 1st Edition

by Donovan, Catherine, Weeks, Jeffrey, Heaphy, Brian

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  • Title Same Sex Intimacies : Families of Choice and Other Life Experiments
  • Author Donovan, Catherine, Weeks, Jeffrey, Heaphy, Brian
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge, London
  • Date 2001-05-10
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GRP36639291
  • ISBN 9780415254779 / 0415254779
  • Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.12 x 6.16 x 0.56 in (23.16 x 15.65 x 1.42 cm)
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Gay
    • Sex & Gender: Lesbian
    • Topical: Lgbt
  • Library of Congress subjects Same-sex marriage, Lesbian couples - Family relationships
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00065293
  • Dewey Decimal Code 306.848

From the publisher

Our families are increasingly a matter of choice, and the choices are widening all the time. This is particularly true of the non-heterosexual world, where the last ten years have seen a popular acceptance of same sex partnerships and, to a lesser extent, of same sex parenting.

Based on extensive interviews with people in a variety of non-traditional relationships, this fascinating new book argues that these developments in the non-heterosexual world are closely linked to wider changes in the meaning of family in society at large, and that each can cast light on the other.

Same Sex Intimacies gives vivid accounts of the different ways non-heterosexual people have been able to create meaningful intimate relationships for themselves, and highlights the role of individual agency and collective endeavour in forging these roles: as friends, partners, parents and as members of communities. This topical book will provide compelling reading for students of the family, sexuality and lesbian and gay studies.

First line

In his book, entitled Our Families, Our Values: Snapshots of Queer Kinship, Robert Goss (1997: 19) argues that everyone 'has the right to create family forms that fits his or her needs of realize the human potential for love in non oppressive relationships'.

About the author

Jeffrey Weeks is Professor of Sociology and Dean of Humanities and Social Science at South Bank University, London.,
Brian Heaphy is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Nottingham Trent University.,
Catherine Donovan is Principal Lecturer and Team Leader in Sociology and Social Policy at Sunderland University.

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