Lesbian Communities : Festivals, RVs, and the Internet

ISBN-13: 9781560233374 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 210 str.

Esther Rothblum; Penny Sablove

Opis

Lesbian Communities: Festivals, RVs, and the Internet takes you inside flourishing communities--physical, spiritual, and virtual (online)--that provide lesbians with practical help, emotional support, and outlets for creative expression. From groups functioning in harmony with mainstream society, to separatist communities and back-to-the-land groups, to "festival communities" and informal online groups, this book offers a ray of light to those whose search for community is still ongoing. It also provides much-needed analysis of the current state of lesbian communities for educators, researchers, and social scientists. Photos and illustrations bring these women and their communities to life.

Spis treści

• Foreword (Esther D. Rothblum and Penny Sablove)
  
• The Mirror Dance in Retrospect (Susan Krieger)
  
• Entering the Lesbian World in Japan: Debut Stories (Saori Kamano)
  
• Lesbian Quarters: On Building Space, Identity, Institutional Memory and Resources (Elana Dykewomon)
  
• My Life in a Lesbian Community: The Joys and the Pain (Shaba A. Barnes)
  
• Negotiating Lesbian Worlds: The Festival Communities (Bonnie J. Morris)
  
• Hallomas: Longevity in a Back-to-the-Land Women’s Group in Northern California (Lenore Ralston and Nancy Stoller)
  
• The Friday Night Bunch: A Lesbian Community in West Texas (Jean Brashear Nichols)
  
• Dykes and Tykes: A Virtual Lesbian Parenting Community (Arlene Istar Lev, Gwendolyn Dean, Lauren DeFilippis, Kim Evernham, Larin McLaughlin, and Cynthia Phillips)
  
• The Heirs of Aradia, Daughters of Diana: Community in the Second and Third Wave (Jane R. Dickie, Anna Cook, Rachel Gazda, Bethany Martin, and Elizabeth Sturrus)
  
• Lesquire’s Pub—An Essay on Virtual Community Building (Frances Wasserlein and Carolyn L. Sween)
  
• “Amazon Music Party Drummers,” Santa Cruz, California Mountains, 1974 (Cathy Cade)
  
• The Visible Lesbian: The Lesbian Community Action Association and Lesbian Visibility (Jill A. Mackey)
  
• Lesbian Community: From Sisterhood to Segregation (Bev Jo)
  
• More than a Bookstore: The Continuing Relevance of Feminist Bookstores for the Lesbian Community (Kathleen Liddle)
  
• A New Generation of Lesbian Jewish Activism (Rebecca E. Margolis)
  
• Lesbian Communities Across the United States: Pockets of Resistance and Resilience (Joan S. Rabin and Barbara R. Slater)
  
• Index
  
• Reference Notes Included
  

O autorze

Esther Rothblum, Penny Sablove