Detailed Information on Publication Record
2007
Naming Strategies in Lesbian Headed Families
POLÁŠKOVÁ, EvaBasic information
Original name
Naming Strategies in Lesbian Headed Families
Name in Czech
Strategie volby příjmení a způsobu oslovení rodičů a dětí v rodinách lesbických matek
Authors
POLÁŠKOVÁ, Eva (203 Czech Republic, guarantor)
Edition
Jena, Germany, 2007
Publisher
13th European Conference on Developmental Psychology
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Audiovizuální tvorba
Field of Study
50100 5.1 Psychology and cognitive sciences
Country of publisher
Germany
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
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RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14230/07:00025633
Organization unit
Faculty of Social Studies
Keywords in English
lesbian mothers; family practices; alternative family models
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International impact
Změněno: 18/1/2009 23:03, Mgr. Eva Polášková, Ph.D.
V originále
Aims: The aim of the presentation is to introduce the decision-making process of two specific family practices in families headed by a lesbian couple: the parents choice of their childrens last names and childrens ways of addressing the parents. These are partial findings of the very first study on lesbian parenting conducted in the Czech Republic. The overall objective of this qualitative research was to explore the parenting couples experience in lesbian led families (e.g., methods of family formation, family arrangements, biological and non-biological parents experience of transition to parenthood, division of labor, reproduction of gender roles in the family) and provide a deeper insight into the topic in the national context. Methods: The data were collected from 30 lesbian mothers (15 family units including both planned donor insemination and blended type families). The research design was based on in-depth joint and individual semi-structured interviews and participant observation. The data were qualitatively analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Results: We identified four different naming patterns for choosing the childrens last names and three different approaches in the way both parents were being addressed by their child/children. Each of the modalities is a result of a specific decision-making process and will be discussed in detail. The absence of readily available social guidelines placed the lesbian parents in the situation in which they had to actually create these rules themselves. Majority of the couples lacked previous experience and information about how to do a lesbian family. Conclusions: Some of the matters that are self-evident in heterosexual families become the matter of further reflection and negotiation in families led by two people of the same gender. These family practices are an illustrative example of what some authors refer to as everyday life experiments.
In Czech
Prezentace dílčích výsledků národní studie lesbického mateřství - strategie volby oslovování rodičů a volby příjmené dítěte.
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