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The family of woman [[electronic resource] ] : lesbian mothers, their children, and the undoing of gender / / Maureen Sullivan



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Autore: Sullivan Maureen <1963-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The family of woman [[electronic resource] ] : lesbian mothers, their children, and the undoing of gender / / Maureen Sullivan Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (326 p.)
Disciplina: 306.874/3/08664
Soggetto topico: Lesbian mothers - United States
Children of gay parents - United States
Sex role - United States
Soggetto non controllato: america
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
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-303) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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 -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: 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 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.
Titolo autorizzato: The family of woman  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-76297-4
9786612762970
1-4175-8294-4
0-520-93741-4
1-59734-937-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910822545003321
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