In the Name of the Family: Rethinking Family Values in the Postmodern Age
- ISBN-10
- 0807004332
- ISBN-13
- 9780807004333
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 208
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997-09-01
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Author
- Judith Stacey
Description
Prominent cultural critic Judith Stacey offers a ringing rebuttal to the rhetoric of "family values" with this powerful argument for accepting family diversity-including a strong new case for legal same-sex marriage.
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