Surpassing the Love of Men by Lillian Faderman

Romantic Friendship and Love Between Women from the Renaissance to the Present

A classic of its kind, this fascinating cultural history draws on everything from private correspondence to pornography to explore five hundred years of friendship and love between women.Surpassing the Love of Men throws a new light on shifting theories of female sexuality and the changing status of women over the centuries.

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ISBN9780688133306
Copyright Date1981
Publication DateJuly 8, 1998
PublisherHarper Paperbacks
FormatTrade Paperback
No. of Pages496
LanguageEnglish
RatingNot Rated
GenreLesbian Studies
SubjectLesbianism; Lesbianism - History; Lesbians; Lesbians - Psychology; Love - History