{"product_id":"sons-talk-about-their-gay-fathers-hardback","title":"Sons Talk About Their Gay Fathers - Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eExamine the impact of disclosure on sons whose fathers are gay! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this book, Andrew Gottlieb, author of \u003ci\u003eOut of the Twilight: Fathers of Gay Men Speak,\u003c\/i\u003e explores yet another side of the impact of homosexuality on families. He now looks at how sons react to learning that their fathers are gay, allowing us to see, over time, how this has changed their family relationships and their own lives. Simply and elegantly written, this psychoanalytically oriented qualitative research study is accessible to both the beginner and the more advanced researcher and practitioner. It draws from a wide range of literary, popular, and psychological sources and includes an interview guide, a reference section, and an index. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e When someone discloses as gay, lesbian, or bisexual, it is not just an individual event. It is a family event. Based on estimates of married gay, lesbian, and bisexual persons, a spouse's coming out affects up to 2,000,000 couples. Yet, its impact has been largely ignored. Children’s voices are the least often heard. . . . Little has been written about sons of fathers who came out during or after marriage. Data for studies that do exist most often draw from the fathers' point of view. . . . The significance of this study lies in its comprehensive, detailed picture of sons and gay fathers as they develop their separate self-images as well as the images of their son-father relationships over time. Painful, sensitive, often triumphant, the stories and [the author’s] analysis of their thoughts, perceptions, and feelings afford a multidimensional, longitudinal viewing. Step by step, we follow the complicated dance of these sons and fathers as they develop and define their connection.\u003c\/i\u003e from the Foreword by Amity Pierce Buxton, Author of \u003ci\u003eThe Other Side of the Closet: The Coming-Out Crisis for Straight Spouses and Families\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sons Talk About Their Gay Fathers: Life Curves is a storybookan extended narrative moved along, but not overshadowed, by psychoanalytic theory. The Introduction briefly reviews more recent writings of the fathering experience as told by gay men themselves, setting the stage for:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e Father to Childa look at the father as seen through the ever-shifting eyes of his son at different phases of the life cycle \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e The Quest for the Real Fatheran examination of sons' responses to their fathers' homosexuality as captured in film, fiction, nonfiction, television, and the psychological literature \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Methodologythe story of the research process, including sampling, the search for subjects, trustworthiness, the interview, bias, and data collection \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e The Storiesan anthology of narratives the author constructed from the interview material, painting an intimate portrait of each individual son \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Findingsa categorical analysis \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Discussiona summary of all the preceding material cast in a developmental framework, highlighting implications for future research and clinical practice\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45575782007022,"sku":"9781560231783","price":227.2,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9781560231783.jpg?v=1720958923","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/sons-talk-about-their-gay-fathers-hardback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}