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A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America

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An edition of Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America (1991)

Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers

A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America

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Lesbian life in America continues to evolve. As Lillian Faderman writes, there are “no constants with regard to lesbianism,” except that lesbians prefer women.

In this book, Faderman reclaims the story of lesbian life in twentieth-century America, tracing the evolution of lesbian identity and subcultures from early networks to today’s diverse lifestyles. Faderman samples from journals, unpublished manuscripts, songs, media accounts, novels, medical literature, pop culture artifacts, and rich firsthand testimony with lesbians of all races, ages, and classes, uncovering a surprising narrative of unparalleled depth and originality.

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Columbia University Press
Language
English
Pages
373

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Subjects

History, Female Homosexuality, Lesbians, Lesbianism, LGBTQ history, Lesbiennes, Histoire, Homosexuality, Women, Lesbische Liebe, Lesbianisme, Stonewall Book Awards

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United States

Times

20th century
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Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America
2012, Columbia University Press
in English
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Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America
Feb 21, 2012, Columbia University Press
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Cover of: Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers
Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers
2012, Columbia University Press
in English
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Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America (Between Men--Between Women)
June 1, 1992, Penguin (Non-Classics)
Paperback in English
Cover of: Odd girls and twilight lovers
Odd girls and twilight lovers: a history of lesbian life in twentieth-century America
1992, Penguin
in English
Cover of: Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers
Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America (Between Men--Between Women)
June 1, 1992, Penguin (Non-Classics)
in English
Cover of: Odd girls and twilight lovers
Odd girls and twilight lovers: a history of lesbian life in twentieth-century America
1991, Columbia University Press
in English
Cover of: Odd girls and twilight lovers
Odd girls and twilight lovers: a history of lesbian life in twentieth-century America
1991, Penguin Books
in English
Cover of: Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers
Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America
1991, Columbia University Press
in English

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Table of Contents

Introduction
Page 1
"The loves of women for each other" : "romantic friends" in the twentieth century
Page 11
A worm in the bud : the early sexologists and love between women
Page 37
Lesbian chic: experimentation and repression in the 1920s
Page 62
Wastelands and oases: the 1930s
Page 93
"Naked amazons and queer damozels" : World War II and its aftermath
Page 118
The love that dares not speak its name : McCarthyism and its legacy
Page 139
Butches, femmes, and kikis : creating lesbian subcultures in the 1950s and '60s
Page 159
"Not a public relations movement" : lesbian revolutions in the 1960s through '70s
Page 188
Lesbian Nation : creating a women-identified-women community in the 1970s
Page 215
Lesbian sex wars in the 1980s
Page 246
From tower of Babel to community: lesbian life in the 1980s
Page 271
Epilogue: Social constructions and the metamorphoses of love between women
Page 303

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-361) and index.

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New York
Series
Between men--between women

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
306.76/63/0973
Library of Congress
HQ75.6.U5 F33 1991, HQ75.6.U5F33 1991

The Physical Object

Pagination
viii, 373 p. :
Number of pages
373

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL1868054M
ISBN 10
0231074883
LCCN
90026327
OCLC/WorldCat
22906565
LibraryThing
5374
Goodreads
1459880

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL16036964W

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