Gay Men Pursuing Parenthood through Surrogacy: Reconfiguring Kinship
Dean Murphy
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Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. Weight in Grams: 525.
Dean Murphy analyses how relatedness is enacted in the context of gay men pursuing parenthood and a ‘child of one’s own’ through both domestic and transnational surrogacy arrangements.
Drawing on data collected from in-depth interviews with gay men living in Australia and the United States, and news media, the book explores how gay men ‘enact’ parenthood and family life in ways that both challenge and reinforce dominant notions of kinship and masculinity. These men represent an important first generation to access assisted reproductive technologies for this purpose and are part of an increasing proportion of gay men becoming parents ... Read more
Dean Murphy analyses how relatedness is enacted in the context of gay men pursuing parenthood and a ‘child of one’s own’ through both domestic and transnational surrogacy arrangements.
Drawing on data collected from in-depth interviews with gay men living in Australia and the United States, and news media, the book explores how gay men ‘enact’ parenthood and family life in ways that both challenge and reinforce dominant notions of kinship and masculinity. These men represent an important first generation to access assisted reproductive technologies for this purpose and are part of an increasing proportion of gay men becoming parents ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of New South Wales Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Sydney, NSW, Australia
ISBN
9781742234229
SKU
V9781742234229
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99-1
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