RT Journal Article
T1 From reflexivity to normalization: parents and children confronting disclosure in families formed through assisted reproduction involving gamete donation
A1 Poveda, David
A1 Moscoso, María Fernanda
A1 Jociles Rubio, María Isabel
AB This article explores how parents and children in families formed through assisted reproductive technologies involving gamete donation (ART-D) experience disclosure of children’s genetic origins. We draw our data from a large study centered on attitudes and strategies towards disclosure in ART-D families in Spain and focus on a sub-sample of eighteen families (24 children) in which parents and children were interviewed and, often, observed in other organizational settings. This sample is primarily formed by female-led families (single mothers by choice and lesbian couples) and helps reveal how maternal/parental relexive work and socialization strategies around their family project are reconstructed and appropriated by their children. We focus on three socialization strategies and contexts that are singled-out and discussed by adults and children: narratives aboutchildren’s origins, family organizations, and teachable moments in daily interaction. The results show how children treat as unproblematic and ordinary aspects of their family experience and genetic origins that are at the center of maternal relexive work and concerns. We close the article by discussing ways in which research and researchers can support the work that families are already leading around disclosure.
PB Society for Applied Anthropology
SN 0882-4894
YR 2018
FD 2018-07-11
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/113228
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/113228
LA eng
NO Poveda, D., Moscoso, M. F., & Jociles, M. I. (2018). From Reflexivity to Normalization: Parents and Children Confronting Disclosure in Families Formed through Assisted Reproduction Involving Gamete Donation. Human Organization, 77(1), 10–21. https://doi.org/10.17730/1938-3525.77.1.10
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 18 abr 2025