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

Sullivan, Maureen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0520239644 ISBN 13: 9780520239647

Verlag: University of California Press, 2004

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Book by Sullivan Maureen

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Críticas:

"The Family of Woman is that precious rarity - a genuinely original, profound scholarly work that is a joy to read." - Judith Stacey, author of In the Name of the Family; "Sullivan makes a compelling argument that lesbian families challenge, at root, the very basis of patriarchal familial norms, and indeed modern notions of biological fixity. A provocative, fascinating study." - Arlene Stein, author of Sex and Sensibility; "Maureen Sullivan's book is a notable document of the quiet social revolution that is producing new forms of the family." - R. W. Connell, author of Gender and Power"

Reseña del editor:

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.

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• Verlag: University of California Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0520239644
• ISBN 13: 9780520239647
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 326