{"product_id":"gay-fatherhood-narratives-of-family-and-citizenship-in-america-paperback","title":"Gay Fatherhood: Narratives of Family and Citizenship in America - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEllen Lewin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMen are often thought to have less interest in parenting than women, and gay men are generally assumed to prefer pleasure over responsibility. The toxic combination of these two stereotypical views has led to a lack of serious attention being paid to the experiences of gay fathers. But the truth is that more and more gay men are setting out to become parents and succeeding-and \u003ci\u003eGay Fatherhood\u003c\/i\u003e aims to tell their stories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEllen Lewin takes as her focus people who undertake the difficult process of becoming fathers as gay men, rather than having become fathers while married to women. These men face unique challenges in their quest for fatherhood, negotiating specific bureaucratic and financial conditions as they pursue adoption or surrogacy and juggling questions about their future child's race, age, sex, and health. \u003ci\u003eGay Fatherhood\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the lives of these men, exploring how they cope with political attacks from both the \"family values\" right and the \"radical queer\" left-while also shedding light on the evolving meanings of family in twenty-first-century America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEllen Lewin\u003c\/b\u003e is professor in the departments of Women's Studies and Anthropology at the University of Iowa. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eRecognizing Ourselves: Ceremonies of Lesbian and Gay Commitment\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLesbian Mothers: Accounts of Gender in American Culture\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42039466786896,"sku":"9780226476582","price":68.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/U013elNBdm4zdVhRT0JIR0ZTT29hZz09.webp?v=1771841539","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/gay-fatherhood-narratives-of-family-and-citizenship-in-america-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}