Recognizing Ourselves
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (860 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0231103921 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Same sex guideline.for the straight closed minded person Erin Walker This book shows gay couples that is alright to feel the way you do about your mate. Touching on a side of the life style that straight couples want in there straight relationships.To the dot the book is shortly showing everyone it is plaining okay to feel the way you do about someone, anyone.
From Library Journal Lewin (Inventing Lesbian Cultures in America, Beacon, 1996), who describes herself as a "married lesbian," seeks to "fashion a cultural understanding of lesbian and gay weddings as powerful and complex ritual occasions." Her book opens with a discussion of the current legal and political status of same-sex marriage but focuses mostly on individual commitment ceremonies and the analysis of how these rituals relate to the themes of tradition, family, community, authenticity, and resistance. . As opposed to many recent books, e.g., Becky Butler's Ceremonies of the Heart: Celebrating Lesbian Unions (Seal Pr.-Feminist, 1997), meant to help couples design their own ceremonies, this work is a scholarly, anthropological analysis of the ceremonies themselves. As legalizing same-sex marriage is currently being hotly debated, this work provides an important look at the meaning of the cer
These, among many other stories, make Recognizing Ourselves a vivid tapestry of lesbian and gay life in post-Stonewall United States.. She introduces Bob and Mark, a leather fetishist couple who sanctified their love by legally changing their last names and exchanging vows in tuxedos, leather bow ties, and knee-high police boots. A series of richly detailed profilesthe result of extensive interviews and participation in the planning and realization of many of these commitment ritualsis woven together to show how new traditions, and ultimately new families, are emerging within contemporary America.Just as the book is a moving portrait of same-sex couples today, it is also a significant political document on a new arena in the struggle for l