Critical Kinship Studies

Damien W. Riggs is Associate Professor in social work at Flinders University, Australia and an Australian Research Council Future Fellow. He is the author of almost 200 publications in the fields of gender and sexuality, family, and mental health, in addition to working as a Lacanian psychotherapist in private practice where he specializes in working with transgender young people.  Elizabeth Peel is a Professor of Communication and Social Interaction in the Department of Social Sciences at Loughborough University, UK and a British Academy Mid-Career Fellow. She is author of over 100 publications in critical social psychology, sexuality and health. She is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and Chair of its Psychology of Sexualities Section. 

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Objects of Critique.- Chapter 3. Tools of Critique.- Chapter 4. Reflecting (von) Nature: Cross Species Kinship.- Chapter 5. Donor Connections.- Chapter 6. Kinship and Loss.- Chapter 7. Motherhood and Recognition.- Chapter 8. Kinship in Institutional Contexts.- Chapter 9. Conclusions.