ISBN:
9780813561974
,
0813561973
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9781461951940
,
1461951941
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xi, 167 pages)
,
illustrations.
Series Statement:
Families in focus
Parallel Title:
Print version Amigas y amantes
DDC:
306.874308664
Keywords:
Lesbian mothers
;
Hispanic American lesbians
;
Lesbian mothers
;
Hispanic American lesbians
;
Hispanic American lesbians
;
Lesbian mothers
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Ethnic Studies ; Hispanic American Studies
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Online-Publikation
Abstract:
Amigas y Amantes (Friends and Lovers) explores the experiences of sexually nonconforming Latinas in the creation and maintenance of families. It is based on forty-two in-depth enthnographic interviews with women who identify as lesbian, bisexual, or queer (LBQ) and draws from fourteen months of participant observation at LBQ Latina events that Katie L. Acosta conducted in 2007 and 2008 in a major northeast city. The book examines how LBQ Latinas manage loving relationships with the fami
Description / Table of Contents:
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction -- "As long as you wear a dress" : gender conformity and sexuality -- "And then the father set me free" : religion and sexuality -- Doing family from within interracial/interethnic relationships -- Parenting among families of choice -- Integrating families of choice and origin : gaining visibility through care work -- Conclusion: are you family? -- Appendices A-E -- References -- Index.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780813561974
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
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