Gay men as parents: Analysing resistant talk in South African mainstream media accounts of queer families

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dc.citation.issue2
dc.citation.volume26
dc.contributor.authorLynch I
dc.contributor.authorMorison T
dc.date.available2016-05
dc.date.issued1/04/2016
dc.description.abstractThere is increasing visibility of dissident sexualities and genders in media debates about families, including resistant discourses that challenge delegitimising claims about queer families. There remains, however, a lack of research that assesses the ways in which discourses seeking to defend queer parenthood function to challenge or, at times, reinforce hetero-gendered norms. Families formed by gay men have generally received less attention, both in the media as well as academic scholarship. In this paper, we explore resistant discourses deployed in mainstream print media, attending particularly to news reports about queer fathers and their children. Through a critical thematic analysis of South African newspapers, informed by feminist discursive psychology, we identify four themes in resistant ways of talking: de-gendering parenthood, normalising queer parents, valorising queer parenting, and challenging the heteronormative gold standard. We conclude with the political implications of such resistant talk, as part of a project of transforming restrictive hetero-gendered norms.
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dc.format.extent188 - 206
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dc.identifier.citationFEMINISM & PSYCHOLOGY, 2016, 26 (2), pp. 188 - 206
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0959353516638862
dc.identifier.eissn1461-7161
dc.identifier.elements-id267946
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.issn0959-3535
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10179/8409
dc.publisherSAGE Publications (UK and US)
dc.relation.isPartOfFEMINISM & PSYCHOLOGY
dc.subjectgay fathers
dc.subjectnews media
dc.subjectdiscursive psychology
dc.subjectqueer families
dc.subjectheteronormativity
dc.subject.anzsrc1117 Public Health and Health Services
dc.subject.anzsrc1699 Other Studies in Human Society
dc.subject.anzsrc1701 Psychology
dc.titleGay men as parents: Analysing resistant talk in South African mainstream media accounts of queer families
dc.typeJournal article
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pubs.organisational-group/Massey University
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences/School of Psychology
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