Gay Fathers, Their Children, and the Making of Kinship

Gay Fathers, Their Children and the Making of Kinship' explores the status of fatherhood when paternity can no longer be tied to procreative sex. It addresses how the anxiety associated with securing the paternal relation is assuaged when the biological anchors that commonly assure paternity are not readily available.

About the author

Aaron Goodfellow is an independent scholar living in Vermont and the former director of the Program for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at Johns Hopkins University.

Summary

Gay Fathers, Their Children and the Making of Kinship’ explores the status of fatherhood when paternity can no longer be tied to procreative sex. It addresses how the anxiety associated with securing the paternal relation is assuaged when the biological anchors that commonly assure paternity are not readily available.

Product details

• Authors: Aaron Goodfellow
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2015
• EAN: 9780823266036
• ISBN: 978-0-8232-6603-6
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Family law; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories