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Author Carspecken, Lucinda, 1957- author.

Title An unreal estate : sustainability & freedom in an evolving community / Lucinda Carspecken
Published Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations
Contents Unreal Estate ch1; Unreal Estate ch2; Unreal Estate ch3; Unreal Estate ch4; Unreal Estate ch5; Unreal Estate ch6; Unreal Estate ch7; Unreal Estate ch8; Unreal Estate notes; Unreal Estate biblio
Summary In An Unreal Estate, Lucinda Carspecken takes an in-depth look at Lothlorien, a Southern Indiana nature sanctuary, sustainable camping ground, festival site, collective residence, and experiment in ecological building, stewardship, and organization. Carspecken notes the way fiction and reality intertwine on this piece of land and argues that examples such as Lothlorien have the power to be a force for social change. Lothlorien's organization and social norms are in sharp contrast with its surrounding communities. As a unique enclave within a larger society, it offers to the latter both an implicit critique and a cluster of alternative values and lifestyles. In addition, it has created a niche where some participants change, grow, and find empowerment in an environment that is accepting of difference--particularly in areas of religion and sexual orientation
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Sustainable living -- Indiana -- Lothlorien Nature Sanctuary
Self-reliant living -- Indiana -- Lothlorien Nature Sanctuary
Collective settlements -- Indiana -- Lothlorien Nature Sanctuary
Communitarianism -- Indiana -- Lothlorien Nature Sanctuary
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Collective settlements
Communitarianism
Ecology
Manners and customs
Self-reliant living
Sustainable living
SUBJECT Lothlorien Nature Sanctuary (Ind.) -- Social life and customs
Lothlorien Nature Sanctuary (Ind.) -- Environmental conditions
Subject Indiana -- Lothlorien Nature Sanctuary
Form Electronic book
ISBN 025300523X
9780253005236