Homosexuality and the Family

Abstract

Chapter 1 Lesbians and Gays and the FamilyChapter 6 Families, Identities and Postmodernity Individuals are Active Strategists in the Production of Postmodern Identities Family Relationships are Constructed through Discourses and Social Practices Identities and Relationships are Constructed within Cultural Contexts and Discourse Beyond the Family Recommendations for Future ResearchChapter 2 has explored the methodology, methods of investigation to be used in the present research and data analysis. It concludes that etiological and structural accounts of lesbians and gays and their families are too deterministic and limit the scope of the research. Rather, I shall employ a qualitative approach based in grounded theory to analyse the social construction of identities and relationships between lesbians and gays and their immediate families. The methods by which the data was collected and analysed were also examined. The findings generated from this approach will be presented in Chapters 3, 4 and 5.