Invisible families : gay identities, relationships, and motherhood among Black women /

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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, In...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Moore, Mignon R. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2011.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
African American lesbians > United States.
African American lesbians > Identity.
Same-sex marriage > United States.
Gay rights > United States.
Puerto Rican lesbians > Identity.
Lesbiennes noires américaines > États-Unis.
Homosexuels > Mariage > États-Unis.
Homosexuels > Droits > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Marriage & Family.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies.
African American lesbians
African American lesbians > Identity
Gay rights
Same-sex marriage
LGBTQ+ families
Black lesbians
LGBTQ+ adoptive parenthood
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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