Queer Family Values

by Valerie Lehr

Book Overview

American culture is at war over "family values." And with the issue of gay and lesbian marriage often at the center of this discourse, notable thinkers like Andrew Sullivan, William Eskridge, Urvashi... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566396840
• ISBN13: 9781566396844
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Refreshing look at one version of the American families

Finally a book looks at debunking the myth that family=heterosexual married Christian middle or upper middle class. Just like we often forget that a family can be just a mother or just a father, it can also be two mothers or two fathers. The author strives to critique our assumptions about family structure, living arrangements, finances, wills, etc. when we are talking about a family that "mainstream" culture ignores or demonizes, kinda like the other reviewer who just had to throw in homophobia into the response. I recommend this book.

about time

This book was wonderful to help understand how to be a better family. Too bad it is a bout homosexuals, because i do not care for them.