Category: LGBT Studies/Social Sciences

Now You See Her | Anne Crémieux | Over the past thirty years, queer women have been coming out of the media closet to more significantly enter the mainstream consciousness. This book e

Novel Approaches To Lesbian History | Linda Garber | Novel Approaches to Lesbian History tells a tale about history and community in our allegedly post-identity era, examining contemporary novels that de

Lesbian, Gay, and Transgender Athletes in Latin America | Joaquín Piedra | This edited volume draws upon work from a wide range of established and emerging international scholars to provide an interdisciplinary analysis of sp

Sex, Feminism and Lesbian Desire in Women’s Magazines | Kate Farhall | This book examines evolving pop culture representations of sex and relationships from the 1970s onwards, to demonstrate parallels between the strength

Is Lesbian Identity Obsolete? | Ella Ben Hagai (Editor) | This cross-disciplinary book engages with the provocation, “Is lesbian identity obsolete?”. In this volume, researchers offer diverse perspectives on

Interrogating Lesbian Modernism | Elizabeth English (Editor); Jana Funke (Editor); Sarah Parker (Editor) | Makiko Minow coined the phrase ‘lesbian modernism’ in 1989. Since then, scholars of lesbian modernism have produced crucial work to critique and expan

Moby Dyke | Krista Burton | A former Rookie contributor and creator of the popular blog Effing Dykes investigates the disappearance of America’s lesbian bars by visiting the last

Jewish Lesbian Scholarship in a Time of Change | | Jewish Lesbian Scholarship in a Time of Change is the first major work in Jewish lesbian studies in more than a decade.

Once a vibrant field,

Black Feminist Thought, 30th Anniversary Edition | Patricia Hill Collins | In Black Feminist Thought, Patricia Hill Collins explores the words and ideas of Black feminist intellectuals as well as those African-American women

The Social Science of Same-Sex Marriage | | Showcasing research from across the social sciences, this edited volume seeks to provide readers with an empirically grounded sense of how many lesbia