{"id":24227,"date":"2019-02-08T17:49:05","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T17:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/?p=24227"},"modified":"2022-12-06T19:49:43","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T19:49:43","slug":"families-we-choose-by-kath-weston-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/families-we-choose-by-kath-weston-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Families We Choose by Kath Weston"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Families We Choose<\/em><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Lesbians, Gays, Kinship<\/em><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Kath Weston<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>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 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