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Queer Families, Queer Politics
. Ed(S): Bernstein, Mary; Reimann, Renate
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Description for Queer Families, Queer Politics
The first book about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender families that connects issues of gender, sexuality, and the family with the broader issues of social movements, politics, and law. Editor(s): Bernstein, Mary; Reimann, Renate. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSK; JHBK; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 771.
This is the first book about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender families that connects issues of gender, sexuality, and the family with the broader issues of social movements, politics, and law. Chapters address the themes of visibility, transgression, and resistance, as well as the intersection between the personal and political in the contexts of relationships, parenthood, and political activism. Giving special attention to families of color, immigrant, and poor families, the authors examine the risks entailed in coming out and the significance of class, race, and sexual and gender identity in this process. Parenting also creates dilemmas of visibility ... Read more
This is the first book about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender families that connects issues of gender, sexuality, and the family with the broader issues of social movements, politics, and law. Chapters address the themes of visibility, transgression, and resistance, as well as the intersection between the personal and political in the contexts of relationships, parenthood, and political activism. Giving special attention to families of color, immigrant, and poor families, the authors examine the risks entailed in coming out and the significance of class, race, and sexual and gender identity in this process. Parenting also creates dilemmas of visibility ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Series
Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies
Number of Pages
336
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231116909
SKU
V9780231116909
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About . Ed(S): Bernstein, Mary; Reimann, Renate
Mary Bernstein is assistant professor in the School of Justice Studies at Arizona State University. Renate Reimann is a research scholar at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
Reviews for Queer Families, Queer Politics
of particular value in this readable book are chapters on Asian American, Mexican immigrant, African American, and Native American Families Journal of Gay & Lesbian Issues in Education