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An Unreal Estate Sustainability & Freedom in an Evolving Community

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Full Title

An Unreal Estate Sustainability & Freedom in an Evolving Community

Author(s)

Lucinda Carspecken

Edition
ISBN

9780253005236, 9780253223494, 9780253356819

Publisher

Indiana University Press

Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

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.