num_pages: 262
description: Lesbian Step An Ethnography of Love explores five lesbian step families’definitions of the step parent role and how they accomplish parenting tasks, cope with homophobia, and define and interpret their experiences. An intensive feminist qualitative study, the book offers guidelines for counselors and lesbian step families for creating healthy, functioning family structures and environments. It is the first book to concentrate exclusively on lesbian step families rather than on lesbian mothering in general.In Lesbian Step An Ethnography of Love, you’ll explore in detail the different kinds of step relationships that are developed and what factors may lead to the different types of step mothering in lesbian step families. The book helps you understand these relationships and parent roles through in-depth discussions 
language: English
title: Lesbian Step Families: An Ethnography of Love
titlecomplete: Lesbian Step Families: An Ethnography of Love (Haworth Innovations in Feminist Studies)
genres: LGBT
ratings_count: 6
publisher: Routledge