ARGONAUT BOOKS

This study draws upon fieldwork and interviews conducted in the San Francisco Bay area to explore the contemporary manner in which gay men and lesbians are constructing their own notions of kinship by drawing on the symbolism of love, friendship and biology. Reviews Graceful.... Valuable for the ways it demonstrates that, like race, gender and sexual identity, the meaning of kinship is culturally relative--and susceptible to change.The Women's Review of BooksThe first to analyze the historical conditions, social meaning, and political implications of lesbians and gays' a...Read More