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Karen L. Daas
Researcher at University of Texas at San Antonio
Publications - 7
Citations - 281
Karen L. Daas is an academic researcher from University of Texas at San Antonio. The author has contributed to research in topics: Grounded theory & Lesbian. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 7 publications receiving 271 citations. Previous affiliations of Karen L. Daas include University of Nebraska–Lincoln & Saint Mary's University.
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Negotiating Lesbian Family Identity via Symbols and Rituals
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report how lesbian families negotiate their family identities via symbols and rituals, and how these families negotiated affirmation and disconfirmation of their identities when interacting with families of origin, social networks, sperm donors, and community institutions.
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Lesbian couples' management of public-private dialectical contradictions
TL;DR: This paper explored the processes by which a group of lesbian women report managing public-private dialectical contradictions at the external border between their relationship as a couple and networks, social norms, and laws.
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Centered but not Caught in the Middle: Stepchildren's Perceptions of Dialectical Contradictions in the Communication of Co-Parents
Dawn O. Braithwaite,Paige W. Toller,Paige W. Toller,Karen L. Daas,Karen L. Daas,Wesley T. Durham,Adam C. Jones,Adam C. Jones +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors adopted a dialectical perspective to study how stepchildren experience and communicatively manage the perception of feeling caught in the middle between their parents who are living in different households.
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"About as Solid as a Fish Net": Symbolic Construction of a Legitimate Parental Identity for Nonbiological Lesbian Mothers
TL;DR: In this article, constructivist grounded theory is used to explore symbolic attempts to construct the non-biological mother as a legitimate parent in the absence of such ties, even if those children are intentionally conceived through donor insemination in the context of committed relationship.
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Negotiating Heteronormativity Dialectically: Lesbian Couples' Display of Symbols in Culture
Elizabeth A. Suter,Karen L. Daas +1 more
TL;DR: This article explored how lesbian couples negotiate public-private tensions in their display of relationally significant symbols, such as rings and homes, and found that couples who displayed symbols publicly sometimes upheld and other times challenged heteronormativity.