Abstract
Facing the deep changes in the visibility and recognition of experiences of non-heterosexual
parenthood in Italy, and the growing attention research has been devoting to them, this article proposes
a sociological contribution to a needed reflection about dilemmas and responsibilities regarding the
definition of the object of research, and the frames provided in the training of workers and volunteers in
addressing these experiences. Prompted by an experience of training on family diversity in Torino, these
reflections focus on how to recognize and avoid the risks of a categorising approach. The perspective of
family practices is proposed as a possible analytical strategy to give account of the plural and situational
ways by which actors give sense to their doing family in everyday life, without refraining from dealing
with the symbolic and institutional weight of this term.
Titolo tradotto del contributo | [Machine translation] The discrete charm of homogenitorial families: Dilemmas and research responsibilities |
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Lingua originale | Italian |
pagine (da-a) | 37-45 |
Numero di pagine | 9 |
Rivista | CAMBIO |
Volume | 5 |
Numero di pubblicazione | June |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 1 gen 2015 |
Keywords
- Family Practices
- Homoparental Families
- Italy