04567nam 22010934a 450 991082254500332120240410071254.01-282-76297-497866127629701-4175-8294-40-520-93741-41-59734-937-210.1525/9780520937413(CKB)1000000000030728(EBL)227332(OCoLC)475933843(SSID)ssj0000153350(PQKBManifestationID)11158749(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000153350(PQKBWorkID)10392923(PQKB)10830529(MiAaPQ)EBC227332(OCoLC)58532585(MdBmJHUP)muse30730(DE-B1597)519093(DE-B1597)9780520937413(Au-PeEL)EBL227332(CaPaEBR)ebr10074092(CaONFJC)MIL276297(EXLCZ)99100000000003072820031212d2004 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrThe family of woman[electronic resource] lesbian mothers, their children, and the undoing of gender /Maureen Sullivan1st ed.Berkeley University of California Pressc20041 online resource (326 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-23964-4 0-520-23963-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-303) and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Introduction --1. The Emergence Of Lesbian-Coparent Families In Postmodern Society --2. Becoming Parents: Baby Making In The Age Of Assisted Procreation --3. Being Parents: The End Of Oedipus And The Expansion Of Intimacy --4. Undoing The Gender Division Of Labor --5. Truth And Reconciliation: Families Of Origin Come Around And Come Out --6. Becoming Familiar In The Community Of Strangers --7. The Structure Of Donor-Extended Kinship --8. The Theoretical Future Of A Conscious Feminist Kinship --Appendix: Families By The Bay: The Study Design, Method, And Participants --Notes --Bibliography --IndexAmidst 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 public lives, the book provides rare insight into the workings of emerging family forms and their significance for our understanding of "family"-and our culture itself.Lesbian mothersUnited StatesCase studiesChildren of gay parentsUnited StatesCase studiesSex roleUnited StatesCase studiesamerica.american families.contemporary debates.coparent families.cultural study.donor insemination.ethnographers.ethnography.family culture.family dynamics.family relationships.family.feminism.gender norms.gender roles.lesbian children.lesbian mothers.lesbian parenting.lesbians.lgbt parents families.lgbtq.modern families.mothering.new family forms.nonfiction.observation.parenthood.parenting.personal interviews.public lives.queer feminist.social science.women.Lesbian mothersChildren of gay parentsSex role306.874/3/08664Sullivan Maureen1963-1720424MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822545003321The family of woman4119063UNINA