An unreal estate : sustainability & freedom in an evolving community / Lucinda Carspecken.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carspecken, Lucinda, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable living--Indiana--Lothlorien Nature Sanctuary.

Sustainable living.

Self-reliant living--Indiana--Lothlorien Nature Sanctuary.

Self-reliant living.

Collective settlements--Indiana--Lothlorien Nature Sanctuary.

Collective settlements.

Communitarianism--Indiana--Lothlorien Nature Sanctuary.

Communitarianism.

Lothlorien Nature Sanctuary (Ind.)--Social life and customs.

Lothlorien Nature Sanctuary (Ind.).

Lothlorien Nature Sanctuary (Ind.)--Environmental conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In An Unreal Estate, Lucinda Carspecken takes an in-depth look at Lothlorien, a Southern Indiana nature sanctuary, sustainable camping ground, festival site, collective residence, and experiment in ecological building, stewardship, and organization. Carspecken notes the way fiction and reality intertwine on this piece of land and argues that examples such as Lothlorien have the power to be a force for social change. Lothlorien's organization and social norms are in sharp contrast with its surrounding communities. As a unique enclave within a larger society, it offers to the latter both an i

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; A Note on Names; 1. ""That Dose of Unreality""; 2. ""Dream Flowers""; 3. Faerie and Avalon; 4. ""A Loose-Knit Anarchy""; 5. ""The Land of Misfit Toys""; 6. ""Something Mystical and Fine""; 7. ""A Gypsy Community""; 8. ""A Spontaneous Social Experiment""; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613528131

9781280124273

128012427X

9780253005236

025300523X

OCLC:

775866750