A unique practical application of poststructuralist theory to lesbian mothersâ€™ narratives, Lesbian Motherhood: Stories of Becoming analyzes the personal stories of 40 lesbian mothers

Lesbian Motherhood
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A unique practical application of poststructuralist theory to lesbian mothersâ€™ narratives, Lesbian Motherhood: Stories of Becoming analyzes the personal stories of 40 lesbian mothers to discover the complex ways their sense of self is constructed in the current legal, political, and social climate. These intimate narratives are examined by using Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattariâ€™s conceptual framework to understand subjectivities by focusing on the many flexible lines of movement that constitute subjectivities, or â€˜becomings.â€™ This unique source reveals deep insight into a lesbian's construction of self through her stories about her own sexuality, parenting, and other experiences in becoming a mother.

Lesbian Motherhood: Stories of Becoming challenges the assimilation/resistance perspective typically expressed by scholars of lesbian motherhood. Qualitative interviews reveal startling new perspectives to lesbian mother subjectivities viewed within the context of the legal, political, and social areas that seek to define and regulate contemporary family life. This powerful source explores in detail the discursive strategies through which lesbian subjectivities are created and recreated. Deleuze and Guattariâ€™s concept of â€˜becomingâ€™ provides a valuable framework for analyzing the discursive strategies employed by those participating in this study.

Lesbian Motherhood: Stories of BecomingÂ offers insightful, powerful information that is indispensable to GLBT scholars, and social theorists.
Country USA
Brand Routledge
Manufacturer Routledge
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2007-06-27
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781560236870

Country	USA
Brand	Routledge
Manufacturer	Routledge
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2007-06-27
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781560236870

Lesbian Motherhood

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