Lesbian communities : festivals, RVs, and the internet / / Esther D. Rothblum, Penny Sablove, editors

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (200 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.76630973
• Soggetto topico: Communities; Lesbians - Social conditions; Lesbians - Social networks; Lesbians - Social life and customs
• Altri autori: RothblumEsther D SablovePenny
• Note generali: "Lesbian communities : festivals, RVs, and the internet has been co-published simultaneously as Journal of lesbian studies, volume 9, numbers 1/2 2005."; First published in 2005 by Harrington Park Press.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; The Mirror Dance in Retrospect; Entering the Lesbian World in Japan: Debut Stories; Lesbian Quarters: On Building Space, Identity, Institutional Memory and Resources; My Life in a Lesbian Community: The Joys and the Pain; Negotiating Lesbian Worlds: The Festival Communities; Hallomas: Longevity in a Back-to-the-Land Women's Group in Northern California; The Friday Night Bunch: A Lesbian Community in West Texas; Dykes and Tykes: A Virtual Lesbian Parenting Community ; The Heirs of Aradia, Daughters of Diana: Community in the Second and Third WaveLesquire's Pub-An Essay on Virtual Community Building; ""Amazon Music Party Drummers,"" Santa Cruz, California, Mountains, 1974; The Visible Lesbian: The Lesbian Community Action Association and Lesbian Visibility; Lesbian Community: From Sisterhood to Segregation; More than a Bookstore: The Continuing Relevance of Feminist Bookstores for the Lesbian Community; A New Generation of Lesbian Jewish Activism; Lesbian Communities Across the United States: Pockets of Resistance and Resilience; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: ?I had just witnessed women who shingled their own roofs, drove eighteen-wheeler trucks, and built their own houses?as well as kept them clean and cooked a damn good meal. On women's land I am a first-class citizen, I'm treated as an equal. I now see the world with righteous anger and hope. Living in womyn's community has provided that lens for me.??Elizabeth Sturrus, third wave feministOne of the driving forces in the lives of many lesbians is the search for community in a society that favors heterosexuality and often turns a cold shoulder toward women who love
• Titolo autorizzato: Lesbian communities
• ISBN: 1-317-95348-7; 1-56023-338-9; 1-315-86403-7; 1-317-95349-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815422703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II