Tag: Lesbian

Free Download Julie Whitlow, "Same-Sex Marriage, Context, and Lesbian Identity: Wedded but Not Always a Wife"
English | ISBN: 149851698X | 2015 | 202 pages | EPUB | 575 KB
This book demonstrates that everyday interactions and struggles over the right words to use are at the heart of the experience of those in same-sex marriages. At a time when same-sex marriage is on the cusp of becoming legal across the United States, the authors demonstrate through in-depth interviews and rich survey data how the use of relationship terms by married lesbians is tied to a variety of factors that influence how their identities are shaped and presented across social contexts. Via rich anecdotes of how married lesbians navigate the social sphere through their varied use or avoidance of the use of the term wife, this volume is provides groundbreaking insights into how social change is being constructed and made sense of through an examination of real-life interactions with family and friends, on the job, and across service and casual encounters.

Free Download Veronika Koller, "Lesbian Discourses: Images of a Community "
English | ISBN: 0415960959 | 2008 | 238 pages | EPUB | 910 KB
Lesbian Discourses is the first book-length treatment of lesbian text and discourse. It looks at what changing images of community American and British lesbian authors have communicated since 1970, how this change can be traced in texts such as pamphlets, magazines and blogs, and why this change has taken place. At the heart of the book is a detailed linguistic analysis, which is embedded in a discussion of the relevant socio-political contexts and discourse practices, and supplemented by interview data. The book can more generally be read as an example of how to do textual analysis in social research, in particular how to engage in the discourse-historical and socio-cognitive study of collective identity. Despite its text-centered approach, the book avoids being overly technical and will therefore be of interest not only to postgraduate students and researchers in linguistics but also to those in anthropology, history and sociology, especially women’s/gender studies.

Free Download Rita Simon, "Gay and Lesbian Communities the World Over"
English | ISBN: 0739143646 | 2009 | 132 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
Gay and Lesbian Communities the World Over examines the treatment and status of gays and lesbians in 21 countries around the world. The countries included are Canada, the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Israel, Egypt, Iran, Nigeria, South Africa, India, China, Japan, and Australia. The book explores the history of homosexuality dating back to ancient Greece and Rome, as well as attitudes toward gays and lesbians within the world’s most prominent religions, the arts, literature, and film. This investigation is unique due to its comprehensive and innovative analysis of a wide range of topics concerning gay and lesbian communities across a large number of countries.

Free Download Jo Webber, Matt Miles, "Complete Guide to Gay & Lesbian Weddings: Civil Partnerships And All You Need to Know"
English | 2006 | pages: 160 | ISBN: 0572032749 | EPUB | 0,2 mb
Gay and lesbian couples have seen that making a commitment to a loving long-term relationship is becoming the accepted way for them to co-exist openly and happily within their communities. More and more of them formalise their relationships. This unique book brings them the expertise of the wedding-information-book market leader plus the endorsement of two of the UK’s most prestigious alternative-culture magazines. It includes all the planning, of course, but it also identifies those aspects that must be different in a single-sex celebration. It provides everything that will produce a very special day.