Autonomous Motherhood?

A Socio-Legal Study of Choice and Constraint

AvSusan B. Boyd,Dorothy E. Chunn

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Engelska, 2015

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Beskrivning

Since the end of the Second World War, increasing numbers of women have decided to become mothers without intending the biological father or a partner to participate in parenting. Many conceive via donor insemination or adopt; others become pregnant after a brief sexual relationship and decide to parent alone.Using a feminist socio-legal framework, Autonomous Motherhood? probes fundamental assumptions within the law about the nature of family and parenting. Drawing on a range of empirical evidence, including legislative history, case studies, and interviews with single mothers, the authors conclude that while women may now have the economic and social freedom to parent alone, they must still negotiate a socio-legal framework that suggests their choice goes against the interests of society, fatherhood, and children.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-05-07
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:296
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781442619104
Förlag:University of Toronto Press
Vikt:1 g

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Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik
Lag och samhälle inom Juridik

Mer om författaren

Susan B. Boyd is a professor and holds the Chair in Feminist Legal Studies in the Faculty of Law at the University of British Columbia.Dorothy E. Chunn is a professor emerita of sociology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Simon Fraser University.Fiona Kelly is a senior lecturer in the School of Law at La Trobe University.Wanda Wiegers is a professor in the College of Law at the University of Saskatchewan.

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‘Autonomous Motherhood is a wonderful and welcome contribution to feminist socio-legal literature….It raises provocative, timely, and important questions, and will provide the basis for future scholarship on single motherhood, relational autonomy, and legal regulation.’- Brenda Cossman (Canadian Journal of Family Law vol 30:01:2017) ‘Through a refined investigation showing sociological, legal, and historical depth, the authors offer many insightful answers to the problem of social reproduction which continues to be framed in terms of private and personal matters…This book offers an innovative study of an over-neglected topic.’- Emmanaulle Turcotte (Canadian Journal of Family and Youth vol 9:01:2017)

Innehållsförteckning

1. Motherhood, Autonomy, Choice, and Constraint2. Autonomous Mothers and the Emergence of Unmarried Fathers’ Rights to Access and Custody3. “A Person is the Child of his Natural Parents”: Illegitimacy, Law Reform, and Maternal Autonomy4. Custody and Access Disputes between Unmarried, Non-Cohabiting Biological Parents 1945–20095. Women’s Experiences Of Autonomous Motherhood, 1965–2010: An Historical Snapshot6. Autonomous from the Start: The Narratives of Single Mothers by Choice7. Whither Autonomous Motherhood? Choice and Constraint