Category: Lesbian Studies

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Femme/Butch by Michelle Gibson; Deborah T. Meem

Michelle Gibson; Deborah T. Meem | Femme/Butch | What are the meanings behind constructed lesbian identities?

This unique collection brings together writing, photography, artwork, and poetry

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Book of Lesbian Etiquette by Celeste West

Celeste West | Book of Lesbian Etiquette | We are unable to provide a description at this time.

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Sexual Behavior of the Lesbian by John Zachary

John Zachary | Sexual Behavior of the Lesbian | Chapters include The Psychology of Lesbianism; The Lesbian Subculture; Lesbian Masturbation; Lesbian Sadomasochism; and Lesbian Heterosexual Customs.

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The Lesbian Heresy by Sheila Jeffreys

Sheila Jeffreys | The Lesbian Heresy | A critique of the lesbian sex industry’s efforts to profit from women’s oppression.

Posted in History Lesbian Studies LGBT Studies/Social Sciences

A Desired Past by Leila J. Rupp

Leila J. Rupp | A Desired Past | With this book, Leila J. Rupp accomplishes what few scholars have even attempted: she combines a vast array of scholarship on supposedly discrete epis

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Urban Amazons by Sarah F. Green

Sarah F. Green | Urban Amazons | The late 1980s in London was a period of heady transition for everyone in that city, and lesbian feminists were no exception. London’s radically socia

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The Lesbian Menace by Sherrie A. Inness

Sherrie A. Inness | The Lesbian Menace | Examines how lesbianism has been represented in American popular culture and how conflicting ideologies have shaped lesbian experiences and identity.

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Lesbian Sex : An Oral History by Susan E. Johnson

Susan E. Johnson | Lesbian Sex : An Oral History | An oral history devoted to lesbian sexuality, and a what, how, when and why look at every aspect of lesbian sex. This work features in-depth interview

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Butch/Femme by Sally Munt; Cherry Smyth

Sally Munt; Cherry Smyth | Butch/Femme | Despite its evident significance in lesbian communities, the designations of butch and femme have rarely been theorized or written about from a critic

Posted in Lesbian Studies Literary Criticism

Sappho and the Virgin Mary by Ruth Vanita

Ruth Vanita | Sappho and the Virgin Mary | In this book, Vanita engages these two central icons of Western cultural mythology to rethink the concept of literary ancestry. Uncovering layers of l