The Family of Woman: Lesbian Mothers, Their Children, and the Undoing of Gender

by Maureen Sullivan

Book Overview

Amidst the shrill and discordant notes struck in debates over the make-up--or breakdown--of the American family, the family keeps evolving. This book offers a close and clear-eyed look into a form this change has taken most recently, the lesbian coparent family. Based on intensive interviews and extensive firsthand observation, The Family of Woman chronicles the experience of thirty-four families headed by lesbian mothers whose children were...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520239644
• ISBN13: 9780520239647
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"