Amigas Y Amantes: Sexually Nonconforming Latinas Negotiate Family

by Katie L. Acosta

Book Overview

2014 Choice Outstanding Academic Title​

Amigas y Amantes (Friends and Lovers) explores the experiences of sexually nonconforming Latinas in the creation and maintenance of families. It is based on forty-two in-depth ethnographic interviews with women who identify as lesbian, bisexual, or queer (LBQ). Additionally, it draws from fourteen months of participant observation at LBQ Latina events that Katie L. Acosta...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813561965
• ISBN13: 9780813561967
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary