Lesbian Mothers: Accounts of Gender in American Culture

by Ellen Lewin

Book Overview

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;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080148099X
• ISBN13: 9780801480997
• Release Date: May 1993
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher