The representation of homossexuality in legal speeches about homoparental adoption

Authors

  • Rafael Morello Fernandes Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9133.v22i22p250-261

Keywords:

Family, Adoption, Homosexual adoption, Parental functions, Stigma

Abstract

The article, a result of my master’s research, is about the homosexuality’s representations from the legal speech’s on adoption of children in the Child and Youth Courts of Rio de Janeiro. According to the preliminary results of the research, highlight two strategies in dealing with the controversial relation between homosexuality and parenthood by those involved in adoption processes: the invisibilization of the peculiarities of adoption by homosexual couples, like if the simple positivation of the question by the judiciary resolve the conflicts surrounding the issue, and also certain idealization of the homosexuality, as if it alone represented a kind of advantage in terms of maturation of the candidate for adoption.

Downloads

Downloads

Published

2014-05-23

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 22 (2013)

Section

Special Section

License

I authorize Cadernos de Campo Journal of Anthropology to publish the work of my authorship/responsibility, as well as I take responsibility for the use of images, if accepted for publication.

I agree with this statement as an absolute expression of truth. On my behalf and on behalf of eventual co-authors I also take full responsibility for the material presented.

I attest to the unpublished nature of the work submitted

How to Cite

Fernandes, R. M. (2014). The representation of homossexuality in legal speeches about homoparental adoption. Cadernos De Campo (São Paulo, 1991), 22(22), 250-261. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9133.v22i22p250-261