Lesbian mothers
accounts of gender in American culture
by Ellen Lewin
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.
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Lesbian Mothers: Accounts of Gender in American Culture
2008, Cornell University Press
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1501728032 9781501728037
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Lesbian mothers: accounts of gender in American culture
1993, Cornell University Press
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0801428572 9780801428579
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-223) and index.
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