QUEER PARENTHOOD ACROSS TEMPORAL AND SOCIAL LINES; An anthropological study on queer individuals experiences of parenthood in Swedish society
Abstract
This study aims to examine the everyday experience of queer parenthood, relating to aspects
of gender and sexuality, family relations, and social norms in Swedish society. The study
reveals that being a queer parent in contemporary Swedish society means being in an
ambivalent position where factors of time and space, as well as gender identity and
expression proves to be a leading force in how the parents practice parenthood and whether
the political aspect of queerness comes to be consciously or unconsciously expressed within
parenthood. The term queer is central in this study, as it is used to refer to non cis and
heterosexual identities, movements and practices. Therefore the study has been framed by a
queer theoretical perspective with a focus on norms and anomaly relating to sexuality and
gender, temporality, and the construction of kinship. The empirical data were conducted in a
two month fieldwork that took place in Västra Götaland, Sweden, with semi-structured
interviews as the bearing method.
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Student essay
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Date
2023-09-27Author
Eliardsson, Emma
Keywords
Queer parenthood
parental line
temporality
emotionality
kinship
Language
eng