Queer Kinship and Family Change in Taiwan

In Queer Kinship and Family Change in Taiwan, Amy Brainer provides an in-depth look at queer and transgender family relationships in Taiwan. Brainer is among the first to analyze first-person accounts of heterosexual parents and siblings of LGBT people in a non-Western context.  

List of contents

Contents

1. Introduction: Bringing Families of Origin into Focus
2. Meanings of Silence and Disclosure
3. (Queerly) Carrying on the Family
4. Gender and Power Across Generations
5. Strategic Normativity: Sex, Politics, and Parents
6. Siblings and Family Work

Appendix A: Naming and Language
Appendix B: List of Interviewees

About the author

AMY BRAINER is an assistant professor of women's and gender studies and sociology at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. 

Summary

Interweaving the narratives of multiple family members, including mothers, fathers, and siblings of her queer and trans informants, Amy Brainer analyses the ways that families navigate their internal differences. Brainer looks across generational cohorts for clues about how larger social, cultural, and political shifts have materialized in people's everyday lives.

Product details

• Authors: Amy Brainer
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9780813597607
• ISBN: 978-0-8135-9760-7
• No. of pages: 166
• Series: Families in Focus; Families in Focus
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories