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This book provides an original insight into how families of origin of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) people are involved in negotiating meanings and experiences of sexuality and intimacy, an underexplored dimension of queer family life. Delving into the perspectives of families of origin and showing the complexity and heterogeneity of the ways people with their different gender and sexual identities "do" families across generations, it contributes to queerying the very distinction between families of origin and families of choice and questions the (hetero)normative assumptions about forms and boundaries of family this distinction rests upon. A focus on marginal contexts, such as Southern Europe, and on marginal subjects, like bisexuals or black lesbians, is proposed as a way to challenge the universality of privileged narratives within heteronormativity, homonormativity and anglocentrism, and to reveal unexpected resources families of origin use to make sense of GLBT identities and lived experiences. The book poses a crucial question: how can alliances along family ties develop on the basis of shared stories of family diversity and marginalised identities, rather than of loving (and normative) support to GLBT people in need and an advocacy in their name from a position of heterosexual privilege?
This book was originally published in Journal of GLBT Family Studies.
This book provides an original insight into how families of origin of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) people are involved in negotiating meanings and experiences of sexuality and intimacy, an underexplored dimension of queer family life. Delving into the perspectives of families of ...
About the author
Chiara Bertone, Ph.D., Sociologist, is Assistant Professor at the University of East Piedmont, Italy. Her main interests lie in sexuality and family change. She is author of Le omosessualità (Rome 2009) and has recently co-edited the special issue The politics of sexuality in contemporary Italy for Modern Italy.
Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli
, Ph.D, is Senior Lecturer in the School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University, Australia and author of ten books. Her research is concerned with social diversity (genders, cultures, families and sexualities), and she is a founding committee member of AGMC Inc. (Australian GLBTIQ Multicultural Council).Chiara Bertone, Ph.D., Sociologist, is Assistant Professor at the University of East Piedmont, Italy. Her main interests lie in sexuality and family change. She is author of Le omosessualità (Rome 2009) and has recently co-edited the special issue The politics of sexuality in contemporary Italy f...
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