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Invisible families : gay identities, relationships, and motherhood among Black women / Mignon R. Moore.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (xii, 298 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780520950153
  • 0520950151
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Invisible families.DDC classification:
  • 306.84/80899607307471
LOC classification:
  • HQ75.6.U5 M66 2011
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: two sides of the same coin : revising analyses of lesbian sexuality and family formation through the study of Black women -- Coming into the life : entrance into gay sexuality for Black women -- Gender presentation in Black lesbian communities -- Marginalized social identities : self-understandings and group membership -- Lesbian motherhood and discourses of respectability -- Family life and gendered relations between women -- Openly gay families and the negotiation of Black community and religious life -- Conclusion : intersections, extensions, and implications.
Summary: Mignon R. Moore brings to light the family life of a group that has been largely invisible-gay women of color-in a book that challenges long-standing ideas about racial identity, family formation, and motherhood. Drawing from interviews and surveys of one hundred black gay women in New York City, Invisible Families explores the ways that race and class have influenced how these women understand their sexual orientation, find partners, and form families. In particular, the study looks at the ways in which the past experiences of women who came of age in the 1960s and 1970s shape their thinking.
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Mignon R. Moore brings to light the family life of a group that has been largely invisible-gay women of color-in a book that challenges long-standing ideas about racial identity, family formation, and motherhood. Drawing from interviews and surveys of one hundred black gay women in New York City, Invisible Families explores the ways that race and class have influenced how these women understand their sexual orientation, find partners, and form families. In particular, the study looks at the ways in which the past experiences of women who came of age in the 1960s and 1970s shape their thinking.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-287) and index.

Introduction: two sides of the same coin : revising analyses of lesbian sexuality and family formation through the study of Black women -- Coming into the life : entrance into gay sexuality for Black women -- Gender presentation in Black lesbian communities -- Marginalized social identities : self-understandings and group membership -- Lesbian motherhood and discourses of respectability -- Family life and gendered relations between women -- Openly gay families and the negotiation of Black community and religious life -- Conclusion : intersections, extensions, and implications.

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