Lesbian Families' Challenges and Means of Resiliency : Implications for Feminist Family Therapy

ISBN-13: 9780789034274 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 174 str.

Anne M. Prouty Lyness

Opis

Lesbian Families' Challenges and Means of Resiliency: Implications for Feminist Family Therapy is a unique collection of interdisciplinary feminist examinations of the resiliency of lesbian couples and families. Leading feminist researchers and clinicians discuss parenting within lesbian families, with a focus on personal resiliency. These thought-provoking and insightful articles address the challenges of having and raising children in a society that struggles to accept alternative family structures.

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• About the Contributors
• Editor’s Foreword (Anne M. Prouty Lyness)
• Living Outside of the Box: Lesbian Couples with Children Conceived Through the Use of Anonymous Donor Insemination (Karen C. Kranz and Judith C. Daniluk)
• Redefining the Nuclear Family: An Exploration of Resiliency in Lesbian Parents (A. Cassandra Golding)
• Application of Feminist Therapy: Promoting Resiliency Among Lesbian and Gay Families (Charles Negy and Cliff McKinney)
• Intimate Violence Among Lesbian Couples: Emerging Data and Critical Needs (Bette Speziale and Cynthia Ring)
• Exploring a Community’s Response to Lesbian Domestic Violence Through the Voices of Providers: A Qualitative Study (Suzanne R. Merlis and Deanna Linville)
• A Feminist Perspective of Resilience in Lesbian Couples (Colleen M. Connolly)
• Reflection: “Girls Can’t Marry Other Girls” (Lisa Giddings)
• Index
• Reference Notes Included

O autorze

Anne M. Prouty Lyness