Matky kuráže: Lesbické rodiny v pozdně moderní společnosti
Mothers of Courage: Lesbian Families in a Late Modern Society

Author(s): Kateřina Nedbálková
Contributor(s): Miloš Havelka (Editor), Jiří Šafr (Editor), Jiří Ryba (Editor), Alena Miltová (Editor)
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Sociology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Social Theory, Family and social welfare, Demography and human biology, Sociobiology
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Modern society; gay families; lesbian families; theory of family; theory of sexuality; gay and lesbian parenting; Czech Republic; ethnography;
Summary/Abstract: The book deals with the topic of gay and lesbian families. It offers a critical review of selected sociological theories related to family and sexuality. It also summarises the findings of foreign research that has been examining gay and lesbian parenting since the 1960s. The heart of the book is a four-year ethnographic study based on interviews and observations in Czech lesbian families. The book does not answer the question whether lesbian parenting is good or bad. Instead, it puts it in the context of a more general discussion about the family and its transformations in a late modern society.

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