Patricia Juliana Smith | Lesbian Panic | For Smith, ‘lesbian panic’ is often a fear of losing one’s identity and value within the heterosexual paradigm. This book traces the history of ‘lesbi
Bonnie Zimmerman | The Safe Sea of Women | Written for scholars, writers, activists, and the general reader, The Safe Sea of Women is an indispensable survey of an important area of lesbian cul
Michelle Ann Abate | Tomboys | Starting with the figure of the bold, boisterous girl in the mid-19th century and ending with the “girl power” movement of the 1990’s, Tomboys is the
Lisa Walker | Looking Like What You Are | Looks can be deceiving, and in a society where one’s status and access to opportunity are largely attendant on physical appearance, the issue of how d
Harold Bloom | Lesbian And Bisexual Fiction Writers | — Covers 200 of the most important women writers of English– Groups authors culturally and by genre, from 18th-century diarists to new writers of ex
M. Lynn Weiss | Gertrude Stein And Richard Wright: The Poetics And Politics Of Modernism | After the Second World War, Gertrude Stein asked a friend’s support in securing a visa for Richard Wright to visit Paris.
Paul Julian Smith | Laws Of Desire | Homosexuality has been treated only in a fragmentary way in Hispanic studies, and this is the first full-length study of the subject in contemporary S
