Abstract
The purpose of this study was to understand the cultural discourses that adult children conceived via anonymous sperm donation draw upon in their meaning-making processes. In-depth interviews with fourteen adult donor-conceived offspring were inductively analyzed for the presence and interplay of discourses. The findings capture the complexity of meaning-making for donor-conceived offspring by detailing the interpenetration of two discourses: nature and nurture. Theoretical implications regarding discourse-dependency and definitions of family are discussed with the goal of providing insight to future researchers.
Journal Title
Iowa Journal of Communication
Volume
46
Issue
1
First Page
16
Last Page
32
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Harrigan, Meredith Marko; Dieter, Sarah; Leinwohl, Jenna; and Marrin, Laura
(2014)
"Redefining Family: An Analysis of Adult Donor-Conceived Offspring's Discursive Meaning-Making,"
Iowa Journal of Communication: Vol. 46:
No.
1, Article 5.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/ijc/vol46/iss1/5
Copyright
©2014 Iowa Communication Association
