ISBN:
9780789024121
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (293 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Gerontology and women
Parallel Title:
Print version Whistling Women : A Study of the Lives of Older Lesbians
DDC:
305.26/086/6430973
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
?I didn't know we were lesbians. We lived together 13 years!? Whistling Women is a unique, candid collection of the life experiences of 44 lesbians between 62 and 82 years of age. This book explores new ground with interviews about their memories, feelings, and thoughts on a diversity of perspectives?from growing up during the Depression and World War II, to retirement and old age at the height of the gay liberation movement. This unprecedented resource captures a fir
Description / Table of Contents:
Front Cover; Whistling Women A Study of the Lives of Older Lesbians; Copyright Page; Content; Chapter 1. Narrators and Friends; The Study Sample; The Historic Setting of the Narrators; Previous Studies of Gay Women; Whistling Women Statistics; Writing This Book; Chapter 2. Coming to Be; Family Situations; Tales of Moms and Dads; Leaving Home; Summary; Chapter 3. Marriage and Families; Dating Men; Marriage; Children; Divorce; Summary; Chapter 4. Lesbian Relationships; Overview of Lesbian History in the United States; Coming to Recognition; Coming Out; Narrators' Tales of Coming Out
Description / Table of Contents:
RelationshipsPolitics; Summary; Chapter 5. Work and Money; Women, Money, and Men; Careers and Jobs; Financial Education; Summary; Chapter 6. Life After Sixty; The Decision to Retire; Financing Retirement; Lesbian Communities; Retirement Activities; Health; Plans for Self, Partners, and Families; Summary; Chapter 7. Words and Us; Being Wordless; Learning Words; Other People's Words; Coming Out; Chapter 8. Lesbian Spaces, Gay Faces; Greenwich Village; The Subculture of Lesbian/Mixed Gay Bars; Gay Community?; Chapter 9. Conclusion
Description / Table of Contents:
Notes for the Conservative Right, Gay Studies Scholars, and OurselvesDo Age Differences Matter in Studies of Older Lesbians?; References; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
