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No Place Like Home
Christopher Carrington
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Description for No Place Like Home
Paperback. This portrait captures the experiences of creating and maintaining a home and a "chosen" family. Observing lesbians and gay men as they go about their daily routines, it unveils the complex and sometimes artful ways that gay people make a family and home for themselves. Series: Worlds of desire. Num Pages: 274 pages, 9 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
In this portrait of the everyday world of lesbian and gay relationships, Christopher Carrington captures the experiences of creating and maintaining a home and a "chosen" family. Observing lesbians and gay men as they go about their daily routines, Carrington unveils the complex, frequently hidden, and sometimes artful ways that gay people make a family and home for themselves. Based on a careful analysis of interviews and field evidence, "No Place Like Home" demonstrates how gay and lesbian couples attempt to strike a balance between work and family obligations, and how they must also struggle against forces undermining their relationships. ... Read more
In this portrait of the everyday world of lesbian and gay relationships, Christopher Carrington captures the experiences of creating and maintaining a home and a "chosen" family. Observing lesbians and gay men as they go about their daily routines, Carrington unveils the complex, frequently hidden, and sometimes artful ways that gay people make a family and home for themselves. Based on a careful analysis of interviews and field evidence, "No Place Like Home" demonstrates how gay and lesbian couples attempt to strike a balance between work and family obligations, and how they must also struggle against forces undermining their relationships. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
Series
Worlds of desire
Number of Pages
285
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226094861
SKU
V9780226094861
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Ref
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Reviews for No Place Like Home
"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 routines 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." - ... Read more