Invisible Families : Gay Identities, Relationships, and Motherhood among Black Women / / Mignon Moore

• Autore: Moore Mignon
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011]; ©2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (322 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.84/80899607307471
• Soggetto topico: African American lesbians - Identity - United States; African American lesbians - United States; Same-sex marriage; Gay rights; Puerto Rican lesbians
• Soggetto non controllato: bildungsroman; black american communities; caribbean communities; coming of age; coming out; empowering women; family studies; family; feminism novels; feminist movement; gay studies; gay women; gender and sexuality; gender studies; inspiring stories; lgbt community; lgbt studies; lgbtq; overcoming adversity; overcoming racism; race class gender studies; racial identity; sexual orientation; social identity; sociology of marriage and family; stories about minorities; stories of motherhood; women of color
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Two Sides of the Same Coin: Revising Analyses of Lesbian Sexuality and Family Formation through the Study of Black Women -- 1. Coming into the Life: Entrance into Gay Sexuality for Black Women -- 2. Gender Presentation in Black Lesbian Communities -- 3. Marginalized Social Identities: Self-Understandings and Group Membership -- 4. Lesbian Motherhood and Discourses of Respectability -- 5. Family Life and Gendered Relations between Women -- 6. Openly Gay Families and the Negotiation of Black Community and Religious Life -- Conclusion: Intersections, Extensions, and Implications -- Appendix A: A Roadmap for the Study of Marginalized and Invisible Populations -- Appendix B: Selected Questions from Invisible Families Survey -- Appendix C: Questions from In- Depth Interview on Self-Definitions of Sexuality -- Notes -- References -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Mignon R. Moore brings to light the family life of a group that has been largely invisible-gay women of color-in a book that challenges long-standing ideas about racial identity, family formation, and motherhood. Drawing from interviews and surveys of one hundred black gay women in New York City, Invisible Families explores the ways that race and class have influenced how these women understand their sexual orientation, find partners, and form families. In particular, the study looks at the ways in which the past experiences of women who came of age in the 1960's and 1970's shape their thinking, and have structured their lives in communities that are not always accepting of their openly gay status. Overturning generalizations about lesbian families derived largely from research focused on white, middle-class feminists, Invisible Families reveals experiences within black American and Caribbean communities as it asks how people with multiple stigmatized identities imagine and construct an individual and collective sense of self.
• Titolo autorizzato: Invisible Families
• ISBN: 1-283-27841-3; 9786613278418; 0-520-95015-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814710003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II