Families - beyond the nuclear ideal / / edited by Daniela Cutas and Sarah Chan.

This book examines, through a multi-disciplinary lens, the possibilities offered by relationships and family forms that challenge the nuclear family ideal, and some of the arguments that recommend or disqualify these as legitimate units in our societies. That children should be conceived naturally,...

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Superior document:Science, ethics & society
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Place / Publishing House:London, England ;, New York, New York : : Bloomsbury Academic,, [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Science, ethics & society.
Physical Description:1 online resource (238 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Summary:This book examines, through a multi-disciplinary lens, the possibilities offered by relationships and family forms that challenge the nuclear family ideal, and some of the arguments that recommend or disqualify these as legitimate units in our societies. That children should be conceived naturally, born to and raised by their two young, heterosexual, married to each other, genetic parents; that this relationship between parents is also the ideal relationship between romantic or sexual partners; and that romance and sexual intimacy ought to be at the core of our closest personal relationships -
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:1283853396
1780930135
1780930127
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: edited by Daniela Cutas and Sarah Chan.