Lesbian Mothers Accounts of Gender in American Culture / Ellen Lewin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewin, Ellen.

Contributor:

Sanjek, Roger, contributor.

en Book Program, funder.

Series:

Anthropology of contemporary issues.

The Anthropology of Contemporary Issues

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Single mothers--United States.

Single mothers.

Lesbian mothers--United States.

Lesbian mothers.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cornell University Press 1993

Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1993.

Language Note:

In English.

Biography/History:

Ellen Lewin is a cultural anthropologist who holds a joint appointment in the departments of Gender, Women's & Sexuality Studies and Anthropology at The University of Iowa. She is the author of Recognizing Ourselves: Ceremonies of Lesbian and Gay Commitment and Gay Fatherhood: Narratives of Family and Citizenship in America.

Summary:

Within a society that long considered "lesbian motherhood" a contradiction in terms, what were the experiences of lesbian mothers at the end of the twentieth century? In this illuminating book, lesbian mothers tell their stories of how they became mothers; how they see their relationships with their children, relatives, lovers, and friends and with their children's fathers and sperm donors; how they manage child-care arrangements and financial difficulties; and how they deal with threats to custody. Ellen Lewin's unprecedented research on lesbian mothers in the San Francisco area captured a vivid portrait of the moment before gay and lesbian parenting moved into the mainstream of U.S. culture. Drawing on interviews with 135 women, Lewin provided her readers with a new understanding of the attitudes of individual women, the choices they made, and the texture of their daily lives.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Prologue

1. Looking For Lesbian Motherhood

2. Becoming s Lesbian Mother

3."This Wonderful Decision"

4. Ties that Endure

5. "This Permanent Roommate"

6. Friends and Lovers

7. Life with Father

8. Lady Madonna in Court

9. Natural Achievements: Lesbian Mothers in American Culture

Appendix

Notes

Works Cited

Index

Anthropology of Contemporary Issues / Sanjek, Roger

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-223) and index.

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ISBN:

9781501728037

1501728032

9780801480997

080148099X

9781501720031

1501720031

OCLC:

1031885605