Lesbian Mothers
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Lesbian Mothers
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Author : Ellen Lewin
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 1993
Lesbian Mothers written by Ellen Lewin and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Family & Relationships categories.
Within a society that long considered "lesbian motherhood" a contradiction in terms, what were the experiences of lesbian mothers at the end of the twentieth century? In this illuminating book, lesbian mothers tell their stories of how they became mothers; how they see their relationships with their children, relatives, lovers, and friends and with their children's fathers and sperm donors; how they manage child-care arrangements and financial difficulties; and how they deal with threats to custody. Ellen Lewin's unprecedented research on lesbian mothers in the San Francisco area captured a vivid portrait of the moment before gay and lesbian parenting moved into the mainstream of U.S. culture. Drawing on interviews with 135 women, Lewin provided her readers with a new understanding of the attitudes of individual women, the choices they made, and the texture of their daily lives.
The Family Of Woman
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Author : Maureen Sullivan
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2004-09-06
The Family Of Woman written by Maureen Sullivan and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-09-06 with Social Science categories.
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.
Radical Relations
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Author : Daniel Winunwe Rivers
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2013-09-03
Radical Relations written by Daniel Winunwe Rivers and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-03 with Social Science categories.
In Radical Relations, Daniel Winunwe Rivers offers a previously untold story of the American family: the first history of lesbian and gay parents and their children in the United States. Beginning in the postwar era, a period marked by both intense repression and dynamic change for lesbians and gay men, Rivers argues that by forging new kinds of family and childrearing relations, gay and lesbian parents have successfully challenged legal and cultural definitions of family as heterosexual. These efforts have paved the way for the contemporary focus on family and domestic rights in lesbian and gay political movements. Based on extensive archival research and 130 interviews conducted nationwide, Radical Relations includes the stories of lesbian mothers and gay fathers in the 1950s, lesbian and gay parental activist networks and custody battles, families struggling with the AIDS epidemic, and children growing up in lesbian feminist communities. Rivers also addresses changes in gay and lesbian parenthood in the 1980s and 1990s brought about by increased awareness of insemination technologies and changes in custody and adoption law.
Lesbian Motherhood
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Author : Róisín Ryan-Flood
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2009-05-27
Lesbian Motherhood written by Róisín Ryan-Flood and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05-27 with Social Science categories.
This book studies the growing number of lesbian women embarking on parenthood after coming out. Theoretical debates about lesbian motherhood often consider its assimilative or transgressive dimensions. This book offers a different approach, contextualising lesbian motherhood in relation to sexual citizenship and hegemonic discourses of kinship
Lesbian Motherhood
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Author : Amy Hequembourg
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-01-11
Lesbian Motherhood written by Amy Hequembourg and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-11 with Family & Relationships categories.
A unique practical application of poststructuralist theory to lesbian mothers’ narratives, Lesbian Motherhood: Stories of Becoming analyzes the personal stories of 40 lesbian mothers to discover the complex ways their sense of self is constructed in the current legal, political, and social climate. These intimate narratives are examined by using Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari’s conceptual framework to understand subjectivities by focusing on the many flexible lines of movement that constitute subjectivities, or ‘becomings.’ This unique source reveals deep insight into a lesbian's construction of self through her stories about her own sexuality, parenting, and other experiences in becoming a mother. Lesbian Motherhood: Stories of Becoming challenges the assimilation/resistance perspective typically expressed by scholars of lesbian motherhood. Qualitative interviews reveal startling new perspectives to lesbian mother subjectivities viewed within the context of the legal, political, and social areas that seek to define and regulate contemporary family life. This powerful source explores in detail the discursive strategies through which lesbian subjectivities are created and recreated. Deleuze and Guattari’s concept of ‘becoming’ provides a valuable framework for analyzing the discursive strategies employed by those participating in this study. Lesbian Motherhood: Stories of Becoming offers insightful, powerful information that is indispensable to GLBT scholars, and social theorists.
New Choices New Families
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Author : Nancy J. Mezey
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2008-07-28
New Choices New Families written by Nancy J. Mezey and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-07-28 with Family & Relationships categories.
Society continues to debate the changing American family, especially nontraditional families. In addition, this debate engages the controversy surrounding the parental rights of same-sex couples and their families. In New Choices, the author asks why lesbians are forming families at this particular historical moment and wonders how race, class, sexual identity, and family history factor into the decision- making process. Drawing heavily from personal interviews, her analysis gives voice to groups long underrepresented in similar studies, such as black, Latina, working class, and childfree lesbians.
Rocking The Cradle
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Author : Gillian E. Hanscombe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Rocking The Cradle written by Gillian E. Hanscombe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Artificial insemination, Human categories.
Mommy Queerest
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Author : Julie Marie Thompson
language : en
Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Press
Release Date : 2002
Mommy Queerest written by Julie Marie Thompson and has been published by Univ of Massachusetts Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Children of gay parents categories.
Thompson (communication, Southwestern U.) looks at 30 years of public debate, analyzing the role that rhetoric plays in the formation of negative attitudes about lesbian motherhood. She considers the differences in how lesbian mothers are portrayed in mainstream and alternative publications. An analysis of child custody disputes reveals the ambivalence of the courts towards lesbian mothers. Finally, Thompson addresses contemporary issues in feminist psychology. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Parenting In Planned Lesbian Families
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Author : Henny Bos
language : en
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Release Date : 2004
Parenting In Planned Lesbian Families written by Henny Bos and has been published by Amsterdam University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Family & Relationships categories.
Annotation. This thesis reports on a study on lesbian families in which the children were born to the lesbian relationship (planned lesbian families). How strong is the desire of lesbian mothers to have a child, and what are their motivations? How do lesbian mothers experience parenthood? What do they strive for in child rearing? How do they experience the relationship with their partner, and do they feel supported by others? What is the quality of the parent-child relationship in lesbian families? Do lesbian mothers feel rejected, and if so, does this have a negative impact on their role as a parent, and does it negatively influence child adjustment? All these questions are examined in 'Parenting in Planned Lesbian Families', this by studying 100 two-mother families and compare them with 100 heterosexual families. It is the largest study on planned lesbian families to date. This title can be previewed in Google Books - http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN9789056293673.
Lesbian Motherhood In Europe
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Author : Kate Griffin
language : en
Publisher: Burns & Oates
Release Date : 1997
Lesbian Motherhood In Europe written by Kate Griffin and has been published by Burns & Oates this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Family & Relationships categories.
This important new book is both a narrative account and a comprehensive reference source about lesbian parenting in Western, Central and Eastern Europe. Inspirational stories from women across Europe demonstrate that shifting social, political and religious boundaries have facilitated a new visibility and openness for lesbian mothers. Changing public attitudes are explored in relation to the social, political and economic realities which largely mitigate against lesbian insemination parenting, fostering and adoption. Even in those countries where acceptance of lesbian and gay lifestyles has resulted in legal protection, such as anti-discrimination legislation and the right to register same-sex partnerships, the domain of the family remains reserved exclusively for heterosexuals. The women interviewed discuss how to conceive a child; the effects of children on lesbian relationships; lesbian identity versus motherhood; attitudes of friends, family and colleagues; relationships with the father; role models; and lesbian motherhood as a political act. Profiles of the 28 countries provide information about the political, social and economic climates as well as current details of legislation affecting lesbian access to donor insemination, adoption and fostering, child and family benefits, support groups and networks, and indicators for future change.