ISBN:
9780520937413
,
0520937414
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xi, 312 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Family of woman
DDC:
306.874308664
Keywords:
Lesbian mothers Case studies
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United States
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Children of gay parents Case studies
;
United States
;
Sex role Case studies
;
United States
;
Lesbian mothers Case studies
;
Children of gay parents Case studies
;
Sex role Case studies
;
Sex role Case studies
;
Lesbian mothers Case studies
;
Children of gay parents Case studies
;
Lesbian mothers United States
;
Children of gay parents United States
;
Sex role United States
;
Electronic books United States
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Parenting ; Motherhood
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Gender Studies
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Children of gay parents
;
Lesbian mothers
;
Sex role
;
Case studies
;
United States
;
Electronic books Case studies
;
Fallstudiensammlung
Abstract:
Amidst the shrill and discordant notes struck in debates over the make-up - or breakdown - of the American family, the family keeps evolving. This book offers a close and clear-eyed look into a form this change has taken most recently, the lesbian coparent family. Based on intensive interviews and extensive firsthand observation, The Family of Woman chronicles the experience of thirty-four families headed by lesbian mothers whose children were conceived by means of donor insemination. With its intimate perspective on the interior dynamics of these families and its penetrating view of their pub
Abstract:
The emergence of lesbian-coparent families in postmodern society -- Becoming parents : baby making in the age of assisted procreation -- Being parents : the end of Oedipus and the expansion of intimacy -- Undoing the gender division of labor -- Truth and reconciliation : families of origin come around and come out -- Becoming familiar in the community of strangers -- The structure of donor-extended kinship -- The theoretical future of a conscious feminist kinship -- Appendix: Families by the bay : the study design, method, and participants.
Description / Table of Contents:
The emergence of lesbian-coparent families in postmodern societyBecoming parents : baby making in the age of assisted procreation -- Being parents : the end of Oedipus and the expansion of intimacy -- Undoing the gender division of labor -- Truth and reconciliation : families of origin come around and come out -- Becoming familiar in the community of strangers -- The structure of donor-extended kinship -- The theoretical future of a conscious feminist kinship -- Appendix: Families by the bay : the study design, method, and participants.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-303) and index. - Description based on print version record
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