| Description |
xi, 275 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
NYU series in social and cultural analysis
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NYU series in social and cultural analysis.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Tolstoy was wrong -- Love, sex, and kinship in Gay El Lay -- Gay parenthood and the end of paternity as we knew it -- A South African slant on the slippery slope -- Paradoxes of polygamy and modernity -- Unhitching the horse from the carriage : love without marriage among the Mosuo -- Conclusion: forsaking no others -- Appendix. A Co-parenting Agreement. |
| Summary |
Discusses both sides of the debate over same-sex marriage, describes diverse families from California, South Africa, and China, and examines twenty-first-century interpretations on polygamy and the benefits it poses to women and children, the rejection of marriage in multigenerational households among the Mosuo people of southwest China, and related topics. |
| Subject |
Gay parents -- Case studies.
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Gay parents. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
Same-sex marriage -- Case studies.
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Same-sex marriage. |
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Marriage -- Case studies.
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Marriage. |
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Families -- Case studies.
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Families. |
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Gay parents. |
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Same-sex marriage. |
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Marriage. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Other Title |
Unhitched: love, sex, and family values from West Hollywood to Western China |
| ISBN |
9780814783825 cl alkaline paper |
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0814783821 cl alkaline paper |
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9780814783832 ebook alkaline paper |
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081478383X ebook alkaline paper |
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