Date of Award
Spring 5-10-2019
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Sociology
First Advisor
Katie Acosta
Second Advisor
Wendy Simonds
Third Advisor
Elisabeth O. Burgess
Abstract
My research compares the visibility of LGBT-parented families in the articles of two types of parenting magazines:an LGBT-based parenting magazine as well as a heteronormative-based magazine. Using a content analysis, I investigated each magazine’s portrayal of LGBT-parented familiesby analyzing articles regarding LGBT-parented families, the articles’ rhetoric, and how such language caters to or delineates from heteronormativity. As a conclusion to my extensive research, I elucidate the differences between familial representation in heteronormative parenting magazines and LGBT representative parenting magazines to define homonormative parenting and its divergence from heteronormative parenting. Using a sociological lens, my research also answers the questions how this visibility has emerged, and how the visibility of LGBT-parented families disrupts and conforms to hegemonic heteronormativity.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/14344816
Recommended Citation
James, Claire, "From Invisibility to Normativity: LGBT Families' Representation in Parenting Magazines." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/14344816