Narrating maternity : Authorizing the “other” mother in lesbian family stories

Journal of Lesbian Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 63-90

  Morrow, Colette ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY CALUMET   (United States)

Author keywords

Lesbian co parenting; Lesbian mothers; Rhetoric; Stories; Storytelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009580392     PISSN: 10894160     EISSN: 15403548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J155v05n04_03     Document Type: Article

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