Lesbian Motherhood : Stories of Becoming

ISBN-13: 9781560236863 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 191 str.

Amy Hequembourg

Opis

Lesbian Motherhood: Stories of Becoming analyzes the 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 offer a deep insight into sexuality, parenting, and motherhood shape a lesbian's identity.

Spis treści

Acknowledgments. Introduction. Chapter 1. Academic and Legal Depictions of Lesbian Motherhood: A Critique. Chapter 2. Eliciting Stories of Lesbian Parenting. Chapter 3. Analyzing Lesbian Mothers’ Subjectivities. Chapter 4. Ideologies of Motherhood
Essential Motherhood. Chapter 5. Lines and Flows of Lesbian Motherhood. Chapter 6. Coming-Out. Chapter 7. Shifting Boundaries and Interrogating Categories. Chapter 8. Concluding Thoughts. Appendix. Notes. References. Index.