Queer nuclear families? Reproducing and transgressing heteronormativity

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 54, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 124-149

  Folger, Tor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Family; Fatherhood; Gay and lesbian adoptive rights; Gay and lesbian parenting; Identity; Law; Motherhood; Sociology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; NORWAY; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PEDIGREE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PARENTING; PEDIGREE; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 52149125099     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918360801952028     Document Type: Article

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