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Author:   Amy Hequembourg
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.370kg
ISBN:  

9781560236870

ISBN 10:   1560236876
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   25 June 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments. Introduction. Chapter 1. Academic and Legal Depictions of Lesbian Motherhood: A Critique. Chapter 2. Eliciting Stories of Lesbian Parenting. Chapter 3. Analyzing Lesbian Mothers’ Subjectivities. Chapter 4. Ideologies of Motherhood Essential Motherhood. Chapter 5. Lines and Flows of Lesbian Motherhood. Chapter 6. Coming-Out. Chapter 7. Shifting Boundaries and Interrogating Categories. Chapter 8. Concluding Thoughts. Appendix. Notes. References. Index.

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An Essential Resource. . . .Anyone Looking to Understand Motherhood in General Should Read this Book.

Author Information

Amy L. Hequembourg, PhD, is a principal investigator at the University at Buffalo’s Research Institute on Addictions in Buffalo, New York. She has incorporated her interests in gay and lesbian issues to her research on addictions. Dr. Hequembourg recently received an NIH Mentored Research Scientist Career Development Award for her investigation on the role of gender and sexual identity in substance use and victimization. She regularly presents her research findings at sociology and addictions-related conferences, and her work has appeared in numerous peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Hequembourg is also a committee member in the Society for the Study of Social Problems’ Family Division; and secretary of the Western New York Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Anti-Domestic Violence Committee.

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