In this groundbreaking book, playwright and social critic Sarah Schulman explores the family, the first place where all people: straight, gay, and bisexual, learn homophobia. It is within the family that homophobia begins to control the lives of perpetrators and recipients. Written in the tradition of Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape (Ballantine Books, 2000), which transformed rape from a private problem into an internationally recognised cultural crisis. Ties That Bind uncovers the hidden crime of `familial homophobia' and moves it into the open.

About the Author
Sarah Schulman is the author of seventeen books and a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Fulbright award. She is Distinguished Professor of Humanities at the City University of New York, College of Staten Island, and a fellow at the New York Institute for the Humanities at New York University. She lives in New York City.

Reviews
"Ties that Bind should be required reading for every family."
-Ellen Bass, author of The Courage to Heal

"Daring, radical, and compelling."
-Rigoberto Gonzales, National Book Critics Circle

"Visionary, deeply humane."
-Alison Bechdel, author of Fun Home

"[Schulman] starkly lays out the fundamental immorality of such shunning behavior and its destructive consequences for everyone involved. This is an important and original book."
-Martin Duberman, award-winning historian and gay rights activist




Book Information
ISBN 9781595588166
Author Sarah Schulman
Format Paperback
Page Count 176
Imprint The New Press
Publisher The New Press
Weight(grams) 204g