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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779625903321

Autore

Park Shelley M. <1961->

Titolo

Mothering queerly, queering motherhood [[electronic resource] ] : resisting monomaternalism in adoptive, lesbian, blended, and polygamous families / / Shelley M. Park

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2013

ISBN

1-4384-4718-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Disciplina

306.874/3

Soggetti

Motherhood

Lesbian mothers

Adoptive parents

Interracial adoption

Families

Queer theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Querying a straight orientation: becoming a mother (twice, differently) -- The adoptive maternal body: queering reproduction -- Queer orphans and their neo-liberal saviors: racialized intimacy in adoption -- Making room for two mothers: queering children's literature -- Queer assemblages: the domestic geography of postmodern families -- Control freaks and queer adolescents: there's no place like home -- Queering familial solidarity: polymaternalism and polygamy.