{"product_id":"gay-fatherhood-ellen-lewin-9780226476582","title":"Gay Fatherhood: Narratives of Family and Citizenship in America","description":"\u003cp\u003eMen are often thought to have less interest in parenting than women, and gay men are generally assumed to prefer pleasure over responsibility. The toxic combination of these two stereotypical views has led to a lack of serious attention being paid to the experiences of gay fathers. But the truth is that more and more gay men are setting out to become parents and succeeding--and \u003ci\u003eGay Fatherhood\u003c\/i\u003e aims to tell their stories. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEllen Lewin takes as her focus people who undertake the difficult process of becoming fathers as gay men, rather than having become fathers while married to women. These men face unique challenges in their quest for fatherhood, negotiating specific bureaucratic and financial conditions as they pursue adoption or surrogacy and juggling questions about their future child's race, age, sex, and health. \u003ci\u003eGay Fatherhood\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the lives of these men, exploring how they cope with political attacks from both the \"family values\" right and the \"radical queer\" left--while also shedding light on the evolving meanings of family in twenty-first-century America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ellen Lewin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226476588\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226476582\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2010","brand":"Ellen Lewin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946343596287,"sku":"9780226476582","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_8e3a2172-b2b0-45e9-bab8-0857a0dedfd6.jpg?v=1681512609","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gay-fatherhood-ellen-lewin-9780226476582","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}