Sons Talk About Their Gay Fathers : Life Curves

ISBN-13: 9781560231790 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 208 str.

Andrew R. Gottlieb

Opis

Looks at how sons react to learning that their fathers are gay. It shows, over time how this has changed their family relationships and their lives as a whole. Written with a minimum of jargon. Draws from a wide range of literary, popular, and psychological sources and includes a reference section and an interview guide.

Spis treści

• Foreword
• Preface and Acknowledgments
• Introduction: Gay Fatherhood: A Contradiction in Terms?
• Chapter 1. Father to Child
• The Tragedy of Sonship
• The Father: A Janus-Faced Figure
• The Crisis of Sonship: The Father Through the Life Cycle
• Chapter 2. The Quest for the Real Father
• Children’s Responses
• Adolescents’ Responses
• Adults’ Responses
• Chapter 3. Methodology
• The Sample
• The Search for Subjects
• The Subjects
• Trustworthiness
• The Interview
• Interviewing: Location and Modes
• Bias and Impressions
• Data Collection and Analysis
• Chapter 4. The Stories
• Mark
• Andy
• Noah
• Joseph
• Richard
• Shawn
• Rob
• Eric
• Paul III
• Elliot
• Thomas
• Matthew
• Chapter 5. Findings
• Beginnings
• Suspicions
• Disclosure
• Impact
• Chapter 6. Discussion
• Levels of Acceptance
• The Adaptive Son
• Limitations and Implications for Future Research
• Implications for Clinical Practice
• Epilogue
• Appendix A. Consent Form
• Appendix B. Semistructured Interview Guide
• Appendix C. The Sons at a Glance
• References
• Index

O autorze

Gottlieb, Andrew