Amigas Y Amantes - Sexually Nonconforming Latinas Negotiate Family

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.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction

1. “As Long as You Wear a Dress”
2. “And Then the Father Set Me Free”
3. Doing Family from within Interracial/Interethnic Relationships
4. Parenting among Families of Choice
5. Integrating Families of Choice and Origin
6. Conclusion

Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Appendix E

Notes
References
Index

About the author

KATIE L. ACOSTA is an assistant professor of sociology at Georgia State University.

Product details

• Authors: Dr Katie L Acosta, Katie L Acosta, Katie L. Acosta
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.10.2013
• EAN: 9780813561950
• ISBN: 978-0-8135-6195-0
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Families in Focus (Paperback); Families in Focus; Families in Focus (Paperback)
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research