Cele C. Otnes
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520236615
- eISBN:
- 9780520937505
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520236615.003.0009
- Subject:
- Anthropology, American and Canadian Cultural Anthropology
This chapter considers the kinds of couples who decide to forgo the lavish wedding, which includes couples who have family conflict, gay and lesbian partners, and even long-married husbands and wives ...
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This chapter considers the kinds of couples who decide to forgo the lavish wedding, which includes couples who have family conflict, gay and lesbian partners, and even long-married husbands and wives who want to renew their vows. It takes a look at some of the “alternative” weddings, most of which have some elements of a lavish wedding.Less
This chapter considers the kinds of couples who decide to forgo the lavish wedding, which includes couples who have family conflict, gay and lesbian partners, and even long-married husbands and wives who want to renew their vows. It takes a look at some of the “alternative” weddings, most of which have some elements of a lavish wedding.
Anne Cadoret
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814791011
- eISBN:
- 9780814764473
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814791011.003.0016
- Subject:
- Anthropology, American and Canadian Cultural Anthropology
This chapter considers how parents address the problem of filiation in France, where gay male parents are forced to differentiate between those who gestate and those who raise the child. Adoption ...
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This chapter considers how parents address the problem of filiation in France, where gay male parents are forced to differentiate between those who gestate and those who raise the child. Adoption often overlaps with assisted reproduction, as gay and lesbian adults conceive children through in vitro fertilization and various forms of surrogacy. Thus, the chapter looks into the issues of whether or not the women who donate an egg and/or carry a fetus are considered “mothers,” as well as other such problems of kinship. The cultural logic that governs the decisions gay men in France make regarding whom to recognize as parents yields insight into changing social norms and practices of parenthood, just as adoptive families shed light on normative forms of reproduction.Less
This chapter considers how parents address the problem of filiation in France, where gay male parents are forced to differentiate between those who gestate and those who raise the child. Adoption often overlaps with assisted reproduction, as gay and lesbian adults conceive children through in vitro fertilization and various forms of surrogacy. Thus, the chapter looks into the issues of whether or not the women who donate an egg and/or carry a fetus are considered “mothers,” as well as other such problems of kinship. The cultural logic that governs the decisions gay men in France make regarding whom to recognize as parents yields insight into changing social norms and practices of parenthood, just as adoptive families shed light on normative forms of reproduction.
Martine Gross
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814791011
- eISBN:
- 9780814764473
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814791011.003.0005
- Subject:
- Anthropology, American and Canadian Cultural Anthropology
This chapter analyzes interviews with gays and lesbians, who are contemplating or embarking on parenthood, in exploring the relationship between individuals' and couples' desires for children. It ...
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This chapter analyzes interviews with gays and lesbians, who are contemplating or embarking on parenthood, in exploring the relationship between individuals' and couples' desires for children. It considers if gay and lesbian couples, who can separate the biological from the social forms of reproduction, understand their children as an outgrowth of their relationship, a “couple project,” or if they understand parenting as an individual project. In their notions of the couple and the connection between sexuality and attachment, women and men differ quite strikingly. The chapter questions whether similar patterns prevail in other countries and cultures where feminist and queer movements may have had greater influence and where lesbians have unimpeded access to assisted reproductive technologies.Less
This chapter analyzes interviews with gays and lesbians, who are contemplating or embarking on parenthood, in exploring the relationship between individuals' and couples' desires for children. It considers if gay and lesbian couples, who can separate the biological from the social forms of reproduction, understand their children as an outgrowth of their relationship, a “couple project,” or if they understand parenting as an individual project. In their notions of the couple and the connection between sexuality and attachment, women and men differ quite strikingly. The chapter questions whether similar patterns prevail in other countries and cultures where feminist and queer movements may have had greater influence and where lesbians have unimpeded access to assisted reproductive technologies.
