Taylor Lesbian and Gay Parenting

Securing Social and Educational Capital
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-230-24454-2
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 214 Seiten, Web PDF

Reihe: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection

This book explores the intersections between class and sexuality in lesbians' and gay men's experiences of parenting and the everyday pathways navigated therein, from initial routes into parenting, to location preferences, schooling choice and community supports.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Taylor, Y.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Lesbian and Gay Parents: Securing Social and Educational Capitals The Straight and Narrow? Gay Parents, Games Lessons and Gambling with the Future Ticking all the Wrong Boxes? Gay Parents and the (Im)Possibility of Being Right Family Fortunes Mixed Signals at the School Crossing Privileged Locations? Sexuality, Class and Geography Just Cause of Impediment? Costs of Civic Acceptance Concluding Thoughts

Über Autor(innen)

Yvette Taylor is Professor in Social and Policy Studies and Head of the Weeks Centre, London South Bank University, UK. Her publications include Working-Class Lesbian Life: Classed Outsiders , Lesbian and Gay Parenting , Fitting Into Place? Class and Gender Geographies and Temporalities , Classed Intersections ; T heorizing Intersectionality and Sexuality and Sexualities: Reflections and Futures .