Queering family trees : race, reproductive justice, and lesbian motherhood / Sandra Patton-Imani.

New York : New York University Press, [2020]

315 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-301) and index.

Introduction: Family legibility and legitimate citizenship -- Family-making and citizenship : "life, liberty, and the pursuit of freakin' happiness..." -- Reproductive allegories : family trees and national belonging -- Making family : origin narratives and stratified reproduction -- What about the children? : genealogies of illegitimacy and reproductive injustice, 1990-2000 -- Navigating illegitimacy : socialization, race, and difference, 2000-2003 -- Making family legal : border crossings and other perils, 2004-2007 -- Irreconcilable differences : socialization, religion, and race, 2008 -- Queer in the "heartland" : allegories of family, race, and equality, 2009 -- Conclusion: Grafted trees and other allegories, 2015-.