Kinfolks : falling off the family tree :;the search for my Melungeon ancestors /
Alther, Lisa.
Kinfolks : falling off the family tree :;the search for my Melungeon ancestors / Lisa Alther. - New York : Arcade Pub., c2007. - xiii, 241 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-241)
In Kinflicks, Lisa Alther reels through the ups and downs of Ginny Babcock's coming of age in Hullsport, Tennessee, during the '50s and '60s. Ginny bounces from one identity to another, adopting the values, politics, lifestyle, even the sexual orientation of each new partner. In her wise, funny, and ultimately heartbreaking story, Alther explores the limited roles offered to women in the '60s - from cheerleader to motorcycle moll, bulldyke to madonna - each embodying important truths about the aspirations of the culture that created them (www.powells.com).
9781559708326
Authors, American
PS 3551.L78 / .K579 2007
Kinfolks : falling off the family tree :;the search for my Melungeon ancestors / Lisa Alther. - New York : Arcade Pub., c2007. - xiii, 241 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-241)
In Kinflicks, Lisa Alther reels through the ups and downs of Ginny Babcock's coming of age in Hullsport, Tennessee, during the '50s and '60s. Ginny bounces from one identity to another, adopting the values, politics, lifestyle, even the sexual orientation of each new partner. In her wise, funny, and ultimately heartbreaking story, Alther explores the limited roles offered to women in the '60s - from cheerleader to motorcycle moll, bulldyke to madonna - each embodying important truths about the aspirations of the culture that created them (www.powells.com).
9781559708326
Authors, American
PS 3551.L78 / .K579 2007
