VTechWorks staff will be away for the winter holidays starting Tuesday, December 24, 2024, through Wednesday, January 1, 2025, and will not be replying to requests during this time. Thank you for your patience, and happy holidays!
 

Black Lesbian Families and Their Relationships With Their Families of Origin

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorGlass, Valerie Q.en
dc.contributor.committeechairFew-Demo, April L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberDolbin-MacNab, Megan L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberAllen, Katherine R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberPiercy, Fred P.en
dc.contributor.departmentHuman Developmenten
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:18:22Zen
dc.date.adate2010-12-08en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:18:22Zen
dc.date.issued2010-10-26en
dc.date.rdate2010-12-08en
dc.date.sdate2010-11-09en
dc.description.abstractTwenty-two African American lesbians were interviewed in order to identify and examine the intersection of individual and family processes that African American lesbian couples engage in as a family with members of their families of origin. A qualitative research design based on grounded theory methods was used. Data were interpreted using an integrative framework of postmodern feminism, Black feminism, and symbolic interactionism. Findings revealed three major themes: a) Black lesbian couples go through a coming out process as a couple and as individuals, at times, simultaneously; b) Black lesbian families establish and enforce boundaries to protect their intentional, co-created families, and this boundary definition shapes lesbian family identity, and c) resources accessible from informal social supports by African American lesbian families are different from the types of social support and resources available to Black lesbian individuals. These findings provide valuable insights into lesbian family processes that can assist family studies, feminist scholars, family therapists, and community practitioners in identifying future research directions and clinical practices appropriate for African American lesbian families.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-11092010-124413en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11092010-124413/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/29515en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartGlass_VQ_D_2010.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectTherapyen
dc.subjectAfrican Americanen
dc.subjectLesbianen
dc.subjectFeministen
dc.subjectFamilyen
dc.subjectLesbian Stepfamilyen
dc.titleBlack Lesbian Families and Their Relationships With Their Families of Originen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineHuman Developmenten
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Glass_VQ_D_2010.pdf
Size:
904.25 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download

Collections

Doctoral Dissertations