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

Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1(16) 1. The Emergence of Lesbian-Coparent Families in Postmodern Society 17(23) 2. Becoming Parents: Baby Making in the Age of Assisted Procreation 40(22) 3. Being Parents: The End of Oedipus and the Expansion of Intimacy 62(31) 4. Undoing the Gender Division of Labor 93(31) 5. Truth and Reconciliation: Families of Origin Come Around and Come Out 124(33) 6. Becoming Familiar in the Community of Strangers 157(33) 7. The Structure of Donor-Extended Kinship 190(21) 8. The Theoretical Future of a Conscious Feminist Kinship 211(20) Appendix: Families by the Bay: The Study Design, Method, and Participants 231(16) Notes 247(38) Bibliography 285(20) Index 305