ISBN:
025300523X
,
9780253005236
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (256 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Carspecken, Lucinda, 1957- An unreal estate
DDC:
304.209772255
Keywords:
Sustainable living Indiana
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Lothlorien Nature Sanctuary
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Self-reliant living Indiana
;
Lothlorien Nature Sanctuary
;
Collective settlements Indiana
;
Lothlorien Nature Sanctuary
;
Communitarianism Indiana
;
Lothlorien Nature Sanctuary
;
Sustainable living
;
Self-reliant living
;
Collective settlements
;
Communitarianism
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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Collective settlements
;
Communitarianism
;
Ecology
;
Manners and customs
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Self-reliant living
;
Sustainable living
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Human Geography
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Lothlorien Nature Sanctuary (Ind.) Social life and customs
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Lothlorien Nature Sanctuary (Ind.) Environmental conditions
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Indiana
;
Lothlorien Nature Sanctuary
;
Lothlorien Nature Sanctuary (Ind.) Social life and customs
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Lothlorien Nature Sanctuary (Ind.) Environmental conditions
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Indiana ; Lothlorien Nature Sanctuary
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
In An Unreal Estate, Lucinda Carspecken takes an in-depth look at Lothlorien, a Southern Indiana nature sanctuary, sustainable camping ground, festival site, collective residence, and experiment in ecological building, stewardship, and organization. Carspecken notes the way fiction and reality intertwine on this piece of land and argues that examples such as Lothlorien have the power to be a force for social change. Lothlorien's organization and social norms are in sharp contrast with its surrounding communities. As a unique enclave within a larger society, it offers to the latter both an implicit critique and a cluster of alternative values and lifestyles. In addition, it has created a niche where some participants change, grow, and find empowerment in an environment that is accepting of difference--particularly in areas of religion and sexual orientation
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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