1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910965061803321

Autore

Carrington Christopher

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1999

ISBN

9786612426223

9781282426221

1282426222

9780226094847

0226094847

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 p.)

Collana

Worlds of desire

Disciplina

306.766

306.84/8

Soggetti

Gay couples - California - San Francisco

Gay people - Family relationships - California - San Francisco

Households - California - San Francisco

Housekeeping - California - San Francisco

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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