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Significant relationships among older women
 — cultural and personal constructions of lesbianism
Author(s)Dena Shenk, Elise Fullmer
Journal titleJournal of Women & Aging, vol 8, nos 3/4, 1996
Pagespp 75-89
Sourcehttp://www.tandfonline.com
KeywordsSexual orientation ; Older women ; Friendship ; Rural areas ; Case studies ; United States of America.
AnnotationThis paper focuses on the interactive nature of the relationship between personal and public constructions of lesbianism in the lives older women. The cultural construction refers to lesbianism within historical and environmental contexts. The authors present a case study of a lesbian in her eighties, living with a partner in rural Minnesota.
Accession NumberCPA-970124005 A
ClassmarkES6: BD: DS:SX: RL: 69P: 7T

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