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america
american families
Author_Maureen Sullivan
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contemporary debates
coparent families
cultural study
donor insemination
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family culture
family dynamics
family relationships
feminism
gender norms
gender roles
lesbian children
lesbian mothers
lesbian parenting
lesbians
lgbt parents families
lgbtq
modern families
mothering
new family forms
nonfiction
observation
parenthood
parenting
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public lives
queer feminist
social science
women
Product details
- ISBN 9780520239647
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 06 Sep 2004
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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 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.
Maureen Sullivan is Assistant Professor of Sociology, Northern Illinois University.
