Title The family of woman : lesbian mothers, their children, and the undoing of gender / Maureen Sullivan

Published Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, 2004

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Description xi, 312 pages ; 24 cm regular print Contents 1. The emergence of lesbian-coparent families in post-modern society -- 2. Becoming parents : baby making in the age of assisted procreation -- 3. Being parents : the end of Oedipus and the expansion of intimacy -- 4. Undoing the gender division of labor -- 5. Truth and reconciliation : families of origin come around and come out -- 6. Becoming familiar in the community of strangers -- 7. The structure of donor-extended kinship -- 8. The theoretical future of a conscious feminist kinship Notes Formerly CIP. Uk Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-303) and index Subject Children of gay parents -- United States -- Case studies. Lesbian mothers -- United States -- Case studies. Sex role -- United States -- Case studies. Genre/Form Case studies. LC no. 2003070281 ISBN 0520239636 0520239644 (paperback)

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