Counted Out : Same-Sex Relations and Americans' Definitions of Family.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (340 pages)
- American Sociological Association's Rose Series .
- American Sociological Association's Rose Series .
Intro -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Family Counts -- 2. Who Counts as Family? -- 3. Family Accounts: How Americans Talk About Family -- 4. Family Counts Divided: Social Location and Definitions of Family -- 5. Accounting for Sexuality: God, Genes, and Gays (with Danielle Fettes) -- 6. Discounting Sex: Gender, Parenting, and Definitions of Family -- 7. Family Names Count: Marital Name Change and Definitions of Family (with Laura Hamilton) -- 8. Changing Counts, Counting Change: Toward a More Inclusive Definition of Family -- Appendices -- Notes -- References -- Index.