Queering motherhood : narrative and theoretical perspectives / edited by Margaret F. Gibson.

Includes bibliographical references.

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Introduction: queering motherhood in narrative, theory, and the everyday / Margaret F. Gibson -- Queer conceptions: where to begin? The relationship that has no name: known sperm donors, the Canadian Semen Regulations, and LGBTQ people / Rachel Epstein -- The secrets of touch and the sexualities of birth: a queer consideration of early modern European midwifery / Tanya M. Cassidy -- Not a "medical miracle": intersex reproduction and the medical enforcement of binary sex and gender / Cary Gabriel Costello -- 'Pregnant with meaning': an analysis of online media response to Thomas Beatie and his pregnancy / Alisa Grigorovich -- Stories of grief and hope: queer experiences of reproductive loss / Christa Craven and Elizabeth Peel -- Queering practices, practicing queers. Queer mothering or mothering queerly? Motherwork in transgender families / Barbara Gurr -- Guy-moms unite! Mothering outside the box / Raine Dozier -- Shifting families: alternative drafts of motherhood / Karin Sardadvar and Katharina Miko -- It could be so different: truth-telling, adoption, and possibility / Kelly Jeske -- Becoming Papa: from daughter to dad / T. Garner -- Queer futures? Yearnings, alliances, and struggles. Borders, bodies & kindred pleasures: queering the politics of maternal eroticism / Joani Mortenson with Luke Mortenson -- Upsetting expertise: disability and queer resistance / Margaret F. Gibson -- Transgender women, parenting, and experiences of ageing / Damien W. Riggs and Sujay Kentlyn -- Queering feminist antimilitarism: rethinking motherhood mobilizations in American anti-war actions / Mary Jo Klinker -- Towards a collective and materialist approach to queer parenthood: a conversation with Gary Kinsman / Gary Kinsman and Margaret F. Gibson -- Contributors' biographies.

"Few words are as steeped in beliefs about gender, sexuality, and social desirability as "motherhood". Drawing on queer, postcolonial, and feminist theory, historical sources, personal narratives, film studies, and original empirical research, the authors in this book offer queer re-tellings and re-examinations of reproduction, family, politics, and community. The list of contributors includes emerging writers as well as established scholars and activists such as Gary Kinsman, Damien Riggs, Christa Craven, Cary Costello, Elizabeth Peel, and Rachel Epstein."--Back cover

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