Amigas y Amantes Sexually Nonconforming Latinas Negotiate Family |
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| Author:
| Acosta, Katie L. |
| Series title: | Families in Focus Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8135-6195-0 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
| Publisher: | Rutgers University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $28.95USD $35.95 |
Book Description:
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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...
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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 families who raised them, and with their partners, their children, and their friends.