No place like home : relationships and family life among lesbians and gay men / Christopher Carrington.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carrington, Christopher.

Series:

Worlds of desire.

Worlds of desire

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay couples--California--San Francisco.

Gay people--Family relationships--California--San Francisco.

Households--California--San Francisco.

Housekeeping--California--San Francisco.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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. . . . [He] closes the work with a discussion of the raging same-sex marriage debate and posits an enlightened solution to this dilemma." -Library Journal

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Feeding Lesbigay Families

2. Housework in Lesbigay Families

3. Kin Work among Lesbigay Families

4. Consumption Work in Lesbigay Families

5. The Division of Domestic Labor in Lesbigay Families

Conclusion: Domesticity and the Political Economy of Lesbigay Families

Appendix A: Interview Guide

Appendix B: Sample Characteristics

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-265) and index.

ISBN:

9786612426223

9781282426221

1282426222

9780226094847

0226094847

OCLC:

606628886