Acknowledgments. Introduction. Chapter 1. Academic and Legal
Depictions of Lesbian Motherhood: A Critique. Chapter 2. Eliciting
Stories of Lesbian Parenting. Chapter 3. Analyzing Lesbian Mothers’
Subjectivities. Chapter 4. Ideologies of Motherhood
Essential Motherhood. Chapter 5. Lines and Flows of Lesbian
Motherhood. Chapter 6. Coming-Out. Chapter 7. Shifting Boundaries
and Interrogating Categories. Chapter 8. Concluding Thoughts.
Appendix. Notes. References. Index.
Amy L. Hequembourg, PhD, is a principal investigator at the University at Buffalo’s Research Institute on Addictions in Buffalo, New York. She has incorporated her interests in gay and lesbian issues to her research on addictions. Dr. Hequembourg recently received an NIH Mentored Research Scientist Career Development Award for her investigation on the role of gender and sexual identity in substance use and victimization. She regularly presents her research findings at sociology and addictions-related conferences, and her work has appeared in numerous peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Hequembourg is also a committee member in the Society for the Study of Social Problems’ Family Division; and secretary of the Western New York Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Anti-Domestic Violence Committee.
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