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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
January 1, 2005
Pages
284
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780789024121
ISBN-10
0789024128
Dimensions
1 by 6 by 8.50 in.
Weight
1.35 lbs.
Original list price
$125.00
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Gain first-hand knowledge of how today's lesbians aged 60 and over survived the 20th century!
ÂI didnât know we were lesbians. We lived together 13 years!Â
Whistling Women is a unique, candid collection of the life experiences of 44 lesbians between 62 and 82 years of age. This book explores new ground with interviews about their memories, feelings, and thoughts on a diversity of perspectivesÂfrom growing up during the Depression and World War II, to retirement and old age at the height of the gay liberation movement. This unprecedented resource captures a first-person view of lesbian history and documents the struggles and achievements of the women who lived it.
ÂAll my schooling was women-oriented so I was able to see what women and girls could give to each other.Â
In Whistling Women, these older women share their views on:
Whistling Women offers you unprecedented statistics on these women and comparisons with statistics gathered in other analyses on lesbian and heterosexual women. This research includes studies of:
This book is significant for sociologists, gay and lesbian researchers, and gerontologists, as well as anyone interested in womenâs history. It also presents recollections of lesbian/mixed barsÂsome famousÂstarting in the 1930s, memories of the notorious Greenwich Village, the early development of lesbian social groups, and lesbian friendships with gay men. Whistling Girls identifies many of the organizations that cater specifically to older lesbians, such as OLOC (Old Lesbians Organizing for Change) and SOL (Slightly Older Lesbians).
ÂI didnât know we were lesbians. We lived together 13 years!Â
Whistling Women is a unique, candid collection of the life experiences of 44 lesbians between 62 and 82 years of age. This book explores new ground with interviews about their memories, feelings, and thoughts on a diversity of perspectivesÂfrom growing up during the Depression and World War II, to retirement and old age at the height of the gay liberation movement. This unprecedented resource captures a first-person view of lesbian history and documents the struggles and achievements of the women who lived it.
ÂAll my schooling was women-oriented so I was able to see what women and girls could give to each other.Â
In Whistling Women, these older women share their views on:
- childhood and young adulthoodÂfamily, social factors, religion, schooling
- marriageÂhusbands, children, divorce
- lesbian relationshipsÂcoming out/closet relationships, role playing, butch and fem practices
- conventional politicsÂparty affiliation, activities, concerns, degree of feminism
- work and moneyÂfinancial arrangements, home ownership, investment properties
- life after 60Âretirement, health, activities, communities
- and much more!
Whistling Women offers you unprecedented statistics on these women and comparisons with statistics gathered in other analyses on lesbian and heterosexual women. This research includes studies of:
- socioeconomic class in childhood, mid-life, and at retirement
- level of education of participants
- number and duration of long-term relationshipsÂboth heterosexual marriages and lesbian lover relationships
- age of first lesbian relationship
- retirement statisticsÂyear retired, age at retirement
- economic resources after retirement (compared to general US population)
This book is significant for sociologists, gay and lesbian researchers, and gerontologists, as well as anyone interested in womenâs history. It also presents recollections of lesbian/mixed barsÂsome famousÂstarting in the 1930s, memories of the notorious Greenwich Village, the early development of lesbian social groups, and lesbian friendships with gay men. Whistling Girls identifies many of the organizations that cater specifically to older lesbians, such as OLOC (Old Lesbians Organizing for Change) and SOL (Slightly Older Lesbians).
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Hardcover
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from Routledge (January 1, 2005)
9780789024121 | details & prices | 284 pages | 6.00 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.35 lbs | List price $125.00
About: Gain first-hand knowledge of how today's lesbians aged 60 and over survived the 20th century!
About: Gain first-hand knowledge of how today's lesbians aged 60 and over survived the 20th century!
Paperback
from Routledge (January 1, 2005)
9780789024138 | details & prices | 284 pages | 6.00 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $55.95
About: Gain first-hand knowledge of how today's lesbians aged 60 and over survived the 20th century!
About: Gain first-hand knowledge of how today's lesbians aged 60 and over survived the 20th century!
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