Lesbian and bisexual identities : constructing communities, constructing selves / Kristin G. Esterberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Esterberg, Kristin G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lesbians--Identity.

Lesbians.

Lesbians--Social conditions.

Bisexual women--Identity.

Bisexual women.

Lesbian community.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 p.)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the stories of lesbian and bisexual women in a Northeast community who share who they are, how they have come to see themselves as lesbian or bisexual, and what those identities mean to them. Drawing on social constructionist approaches to identity, Kristin G. Esterberg argues that identities are multiple and contingent. Created within the context of specific communities and within specific relationships, lesbian and bisexual identities are ways of sorting through experiences of desires and attractions, relationships, and politics. Their meanings change over time as w

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Theorizing Identity: Lesbian and Bisexual Accounts; 2. Cover Stories; 3. Changing Selves; 4. Essentially Lesbian? Performing Lesbian Identity; 5. Race, Class, Identity; 6. Twelve Steppers, Feminists, and Softball Dykes; 7. Rule Making and Rule Breaking; 8. Bisexual Accounts and the Limits of Lesbian Community; 9. Beyond Identity and Community?; Appendix: Methodology; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-194) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786612701115

9781282701113

1282701118

9781439904428

1439904421

OCLC:

813220260

Publisher Number:

2027/heb34622 hdl