Main entry:

Luis, Keridwen N., author.

Title & Author:

Herlands : exploring the women's land movement in the United States / Keridwen N. Luis.

Publication:

Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2018]

Description:

302 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-288) and index.
Introduction : welcome to women's land, here is your umbrella -- The political is personal : from the peace camp and women's music festivals to women's land -- Are the Amazons white? : race and space on women's land -- "Now my neighbors and friends are the same people" : community, language, and identity -- The giving tree : gift economies planted in capitalist soil -- The mountain is she : gender as landscape, landscape as gender -- Primally female : agency and the meaning of the body on women's land -- We have met the enemy and she is us : scapegoating trans bodies -- The hermit and the family : aging and dis/ability in community -- Afterword : women's lands, women's lives.

Summary:

"Herlands, a compelling account of women's land networks in the United States, highlights the ongoing relevance of these communities as vibrant cultural enclaves that also have an impact on broader ideas about gender, women's bodies, lesbian identity, and right ways of living. As a participant-observer, Keridwen N. Luis brings unique insights to the lives and stories of the women living in these communities. While documenting the experiences of specific spaces in Massachusetts, Tennessee, New Mexico, and Ohio, Herlands also explores the history of women's lands and breaks new ground analyzing culture theory, gender theory, and how lesbian identity is conceived and constructed in North America"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780816698233 hardcover ; alkaline paper
0816698236 hardcover ; alkaline paper
9780816698257 paperback ; alkaline paper
0816698252 paperback ; alkaline paper

Subject:

Women in agriculture United States.
Land use United States.
Communities United States.
Femmes en agriculture États-Unis.
Utilisation du sol États-Unis.
Communauté États-Unis.
Communities.
Land use.
Race relations.
Women in agriculture.
Frau
Grundeigentum
Landwirtschaft
United States Race relations.
États-Unis Relations raciales.
United States.
USA

Holdings:

Location: Library main 302881
Call No.: BIB 249039
Status: Available