An exploration of two all-income sharing communes in Rural Virgina. Twin Oaks, founded in 1967 and Acorn, founded in 1993.
creator
Jones, Summer.
Title
Striving for Eden: Working Towards Equality in Two Virginia Communes
advisor
Andelson, Jonathan Gary, 1949-
supporting host
Grinnell College. Anthropology Department.
Index Date
2016
Publisher
Grinnell College
Type of Resource
text
Genre
research paper
Digital Origin
reformated digital
Digital Extent
25 pages
Media Type
application/pdf
note
2017 Phi Beta Kappa Scholar's Award.
note
This paper is drawn from the author's senior thesis in Anthropology at Grinnell College, advised by Jon Andelson, completed in the fall of 2016.
description
An exploration of two all-income sharing communes in Rural Virgina. Twin Oaks, founded in 1967 and Acorn, founded in 1993. Members of the Federation of Egalitarian Communities (FEC) focused on commitment to "the common struggle of creating a lifestyle based on Equality"(thefec.org). In person visits and interviews along with archival research form the research data for this paper.
Language
English
Topic
Collective settlements.
Topic
Equality.
Topic
Federation of Egalitarian Communities.
Geographic
Virginia - Twin Oaks.
Geographic
Virginia - Acorn.
Geographic
Iowa - Grinnell.
Temporal
21st Century
Classification
HX635
Related Item
Digital Grinnell
Related Item
Student Scholarship
Identifier (local)
grinnell:18951
Access Condition
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