ABSTRACT

When, how, and which disciplines started to deal with which forms and aspects of LGBT+ parenthood is not a coincidence but is linked to occasions of discussion as well as to visibility, acceptance, and recognition in the wider social and political contexts. This particularly applies to sociological contributions which look at families and parenting involving relations to social institutions and their impact and shaping of forms, challenges, and meanings of parenting and family life. In Italy, issues about LGBT+ parenting began to appear in the sociological literature some thirty years ago. Since then, the debate has seen different waves and shifts, which show both how external movements, occasions, and discussions influenced the sociological debate and how the latter has, in turn, contributed to the construction and recognition of the phenomenon. Against this background, using a data mining approach, the article presents an analysis of the most recent sociological literature on LGBT+ parenting, highlighting the main dimensions of the debate and outlining expressions, concepts, and words most used on this topic. Using Italian sociology as an example, the critical analysis of these findings shows how issues of topicality and (in)visibility are both reflected and reiterated by contextual sociological discourses and debates.

摘要

何时、如何以及哪些学科开始处理 LGBT+ 父母身份的哪些形式和方面并不是巧合，而是与讨论的场合以及更广泛的社会和政治背景下的可见度、接受度和认可度有关。这尤其适用于社会学的贡献，这些贡献着眼于家庭和养育涉及与社会机构的关系及其对养育和家庭生活的形式、挑战和意义的影响和塑造。在意大利，大约三十年前，有关 LGBT+ 育儿的问题开始出现在社会学文献中。从那时起，辩论出现了不同的浪潮和转变，这表明外部运动、场合和讨论如何影响社会学辩论，以及后者如何反过来促进对这一现象的建构和认识。在此背景下，本文使用数据挖掘方法分析了有关 LGBT+ 育儿的最新社会学文献，突出了争论的主要维度，并概述了该主题中最常用的表达方式、概念和词语。以意大利社会学为例，对这些发现的批判性分析表明，时事性和（不）可见性问题是如何通过语境社会学话语和辩论得到反映和重申的。