Gay Family Ideologies

[Joshua Raclaw]

Hi Sarah,

Kath Weston's _Families We Choose_ would probably be a good starting resource for your research.  I've also done some (specifically sociolinguistic) work in this area, so I'd love to hear about your own project!

All best,

Joshua


Joshua Raclaw - PhD student
Department of Linguistics
Culture, Language & Social Practice
Women and Gender Studies
University of Colorado at Boulder
http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~raclaw/


---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 14:16:31 -0700
>From: Sarah Wagner <cns717 at YAHOO.COM>  
>Subject: Gay Family Ideologies  
>To: GALA-L at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
>
>   Hello,
>
>   I’m working on a project that looks at lesbian (and maybe gay)
>   parents’ ideologies about “family”, its construction and its
>   realization in their lives.  Because my broader research questions
>   deal with conversation and negotiation of roles within the family
>   context, my aim is to get a good look at what these parents believe
>   family is or should be for them.  Does anyone on the list have
>   knowledge of an existing survey of family ideologies that I could use
>   and modify for my purposes?  I greatly appreciate any help you might
>   be able to provide. 
>
>   Thank you.
>
>   Sarah Wagner
>   UT Dept of Linguistics
>
>
>
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