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The family of woman : lesbian mothers, their children, and the undoing of gender /

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 e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sullivan, Maureen, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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.