Gay dads : transitions to adoptive fatherhood / Abbie E. Goldberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldberg, Abbie E.

Series:

Qualitative studies in psychology.

Qualitative studies in psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay fathers.

Gay fathers--Family relationships.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : New York University, c2012.

New York, NY : New York University Press, [2012]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When gay couples become parents, they face a host of questions and issues that their straight counterparts may never have to consider. How important is it for each partner to have a biological tie to their child? How will they become parents: will they pursue surrogacy, or will they adopt? Will both partners legally be able to adopt their child? Will they have to hide their relationship to speed up the adoption process? Will one partner be the primary breadwinner? And how will their lives change, now that the presence of a child has made their relationship visible to the rest of the world? In Gay Dads: Transitions to Adoptive Fatherhood, Abbie E. Goldberg examines the ways in which gay fathers approach and negotiate parenthood when they adopt. Drawing on empirical data from her in-depth interviews with 70 gay men, Goldberg analyzes how gay dads interact with competing ideals of fatherhood and masculinity, alternately pioneering and accommodating heteronormative “parenthood culture.” The first study of gay men's transitions to fatherhood, this work will appeal to a wide range of readers, from those in the social sciences to social work to legal studies, as well as to gay-adoptive parent families themselves.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 Decisions, Decisions

2 Navigating Structural and Symbolic Inequalities on the Path to Parenthood

3 Engaging Multiple Roles and Identities

4 Kinship Ties across the Transition to Parenthood

5 Public Representations of Gay Parenthood

Conclusion

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Appendix D

Notes

References

Index

About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jun 2020)

ISBN:

9780814708293

0814708293

OCLC:

799768530