Category: LGBT Studies/Social Sciences

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New Lesbian Criticism by Sally Munt

Sally Munt | New Lesbian Criticism | This volume explores whether there can be a specific lesbian aesthetic, juxtaposed against reading as a ‘woman’ or as a ‘heterosexual’. Contributors b

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Sister And Brother by Joan Nestle; John Preston

Joan Nestle; John Preston | Sister And Brother | Here are heartfelt writings from some renowned names in lesbian and gay literature, as well as some debut appearances. These essays explore a kind of

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Social Work with Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals by Katherine van Wormer; Joel Wells; Mary Boes

Katherine van Wormer; Joel Wells; Mary Boes | Social Work with Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals | Key Benefits: This book joins the strengths approach with an overview of social work practice with an oppressed population. A strengths approach provi

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Fear of a Queer Planet by Michael Warner

Michael Warner | Fear of a Queer Planet | In recent years lesbians and gay men have developed a new, aggressive style of politics. At the same time, innovative intellectual energies have made

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Reader’s Guide To Lesbian And Gay Studies by Timothy F. Murphy

Timothy F. Murphy | Reader’s Guide To Lesbian And Gay Studies | ‘The Reader’s Guide to Lesbian and Gay Studies’ surveys the field in some 470 entries on individuals (Adrienne Rich); arts and cultural studies (Dance

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Prejudice, Acceptance, Triumph by Michael Wardle

Michael Wardle | Prejudice, Acceptance, Triumph | Prejudice, Acceptance, Triumph takes a look at the lives of gay and lesbian teachers working in the British secondary education system post- Section 2

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Making a Way by Joan E. Biren

Joan E. Biren | Making a Way | Photobook featuring scenes of daily life, intimate and vulnerable portraits of lesbians as everyday people surrounded by their community and culture,

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Do What I Say: Ms. Behavior’s Guide To Gay And Lesbian Etiquette by Meryl Cohn

Meryl Cohn | Do What I Say: Ms. Behavior’s Guide To Gay And Lesbian Etiquette | Paul Rudnick and Judith Martin, move over! Do What I Say: Ms. Behavior’s Guide to Gay and Lesbian Etiquette is now available in bookstores, and author

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Identifying Predictor Variables of Internalized Homophobia in Lesbians by Kristin A. Smiley

Kristin A. Smiley | Identifying Predictor Variables of Internalized Homophobia in Lesbians | The purpose of this study was to identify six predictor variables of internalized homophobia in lesbians. These variables include: (a) generational co

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Perversions by Mandy Merck

Mandy Merck | Perversions | In this series of provocative essays on culture, art, and film, critic Mandy Merck explores the paradoxes of sexual representation. Her chapters are r