The Family of Woman : Lesbian Mothers, Their Children, and the Undoing of Gender /

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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
Autor principal: Sullivan, Maureen, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2004.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Sex role.
Lesbian mothers.
Children of gay parents.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Parenting > Motherhood.
Rôle selon le sexe > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Enfants de parents homosexuels > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Meres lesbiennes > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Sex role > United States > Case studies.
Children of gay parents > United States > Case studies.
Lesbian mothers > United States > Case studies.
United States.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (323 pages).
ISBN:9780520937413

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