Families We Keep : LGBTQ People and Their Enduring Bonds with Parents /
"There is no "'till death do us part" vow between parents and children. And yet, parent-child relationships are far more enduring than the marital relationships that made this phrase famous. The life-long parent-child tie is so ubiquitous and taken-for-granted that it doesn'...
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
[2022]
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Table des matières:
- Glossary
- Introduction: The parent trap
- Part I: Why LGBTQ adults stay in the family : the power of compulsory kinship
- Compulsory kinship
- The rationale of love and closeness
- The rationale of growth
- The rationale of uniqueness
- Part II: How LGBTQ adults adhere to compulsory kinship
- The kin closet
- Gender and sexuality school
- Out of the closet, under the rug
- Becoming normal
- Out of the family.


