Our Families, Our Values: Snapshots of Queer Kinship

by Robert E. Shore-Goss

Book Overview

Our Families, Our Values challenges both the gay community and American society to examine carefully the meaning of family values and the nature of social institutions such as marriage and the family.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560239107
• ISBN13: 9781560239109
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

An excellent sampler

First, a disclaimer. I wrote the third essay of this book. Yet even if I hadn't, I would still consider this to be an excellent book and the finest anthology of essays on the spiritual nature of same sex relationships and families. However, it is important to be clear about what it is and what it is not. It is a sampler, and not a systematic presentation of a single integrated "theory," or even a systematic presentation of multiple "theories." A number of different, and even conflicting, takes on our relationships are presented by the various authors. This is also not a scholarly treatise, but it is written to intellectually engage the general reader. It is not fluff. It is collection of thoughtful essays -- some are written from the first person, and all are expressions of the real experiences of a very diverse collection of writers. Some of the pieces may strike a postive chord, and others may offend, depending on the individual reader. Hopefully, all will make the reader think about something new.