Author: Karla Jay
Publisher: NYU Press
Keywords: lesbian, literature, life, cutting, erotics, edge
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 1995-04-01
List price: $23.00
ISBN-10: 0814742254
ISBN-13: 9780814742259

The question of whether lesbians have sex, how they have sex, and when they began having sex has long obsessively preoccupied the heterosexual imagination. Today, discussions of lesbian sex abound with such terms as romantic friendships, stealth lesbians, and genitally sexual. As we approach the end of the twentieth century, lesbian sexuality remains hotly contested ground. What exactly qualifies as lesbian sex? What is the relationship, if any, between lesbian erotica and heterosexual pornography? How did the issue of sex in lesbian communities come to be such a fiercely debated subject?

Author: Barry Adam
Publisher: Temple University Press
Keywords: lesbian, gay, amp, studies, pol, emergence, global
Number of Pages: 392
Published: 1998-11-19
List price: $32.95
ISBN-10: 156639645X
ISBN-13: 9781566396455

Since the Stonewall rebellion in 1969, gay and lesbian movements have grown from small outposts in a few major cities to a worldwide mobilization. This book brings together stories of the emergence and growth of movements in more than a dozen nations on five continents, with a comparative look that offers insights for both activists and those who study social movements. Lesbian and gay groups have existed for more than a century, often struggling against enormous odds. In the middle of the twentieth century, movement organizations were suppressed or swept away by fascism, Stalinism, and McCart

Author: Claudia Card
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Keywords: lesbian, gay, studies, amp, women, choices, men
Number of Pages: 310
Published: 1995-04-15
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0231080093
ISBN-13: 9780231080095

Renowned feminist philosopher Claudia Card courageously explores the complex ethical and political questions lesbians face regarding their identities and their relationship both within and outside the lesbian communities.

Author: Sally R. Munt
Publisher: Cassell
Keywords: lesbian, gay, studies, amp, gender, inside, butch, femme
Number of Pages: 244
Published: 1997-12
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0304339598
ISBN-13: 9780304339594

An edited collection of over twenty essays and fictional works on the theme of butch and femme identities, which seeks to think both creatively and intellectually about the significance of these designations in both lesbian culture and more broadly.

Author: Sherrie A. Inness
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Keywords: lesbian, life, representation, ideology, menace, identity
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 1997-07
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1558490914
ISBN-13: 9781558490918

Electroshock. Hysterectomy. Lobotomy. These are only three of the many "cures" to which lesbians have been subjected in this century. How does a society develop such a profound aversion to a particular minority? In what ways do images in the popular media perpetuate cultural stereotypes about lesbians, and to what extent have lesbians been able to subvert and revise those images? This book addresses these and other questions by examining how lesbianism has been represented in American popular culture in the twentieth century and how conflicting ideologies have shaped lesbian experiences and id

Author: Karol L Jensen
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: lesbian, gay, amp, studies, haworth, later, epiphanies, women, coming, life
Number of Pages: 244
Published: 1999-07-22
List price: $64.95
ISBN-10: 1560239638
ISBN-13: 9781560239635

Exploring identity development and gender orientation, Lesbian Epiphanies: Women Coming Out in Later Life contains firsthand information about the experiences and difficulties of women who discover and reveal their newfound lesbian sexuality in later life. Psychologists, social workers, counselors, and professors will find that Lesbian Epiphanies is the first book to extensively quote from interviews of lesbians and bisexuals who had entered into heterosexual marriages. From the analysis of these 24 interviews, the psychological, erotic, and social processes of women who come out as l

Author: Marilyn Farwell
Publisher: NYU Press
Keywords: lesbian, life, literature, edge, narratives, plots, heterosexual, cutting
Number of Pages: 227
Published: 1996-01-01
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 0814726402
ISBN-13: 9780814726402

What is lesbian literature? Must it contain overtly lesbian characters, and portray them in a positive light? Must the author be overtly (or covertly) lesbian? Does there have to be a lesbian theme and must it be politically acceptable? Marilyn Farwell here examines the work of such writers as Adrienne Rich, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Jeanette Winterson, Gloria Naylor, and Marilyn Hacker to address these questions. Dividing their writings into two genres--the romantic story and the heroic, or quest, story, Farwell addresses some of the most problematic issues at the intersection of literature, se