num_pages: 288
description: This classic text, originally published in 1991 and now revised and updated to include a new preface, draws upon fieldwork and interviews to explore the ways gay men and lesbians are constructing their own notions of kinship by drawing on the symbolism of love, friendship, and biology.
language: English
title: Families We Choose: Lesbians, Gays, Kinship
titlecomplete: Families We Choose: Lesbians, Gays, Kinship
genres: LGBT, Gay, Lesbian, Sociology, Sexuality, Nonfiction, Theory, Academic, Queer, Anthropology
ratings_count: 169
publisher: Columbia University Press