{"id":13293,"date":"2017-05-29T17:11:24","date_gmt":"2017-05-29T17:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/?p=13293"},"modified":"2017-05-29T17:11:24","modified_gmt":"2017-05-29T17:11:24","slug":"entertaining-lesbians-by-martha-gever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/entertaining-lesbians-by-martha-gever\/","title":{"rendered":"Entertaining Lesbians by Martha Gever"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Entertaining Lesbians<\/em><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Celebrity, Sexuality, and Self-Invention<\/em><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Martha Gever<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Charting the rise of lesbian celebrity, Martha Gever asks whether such exposure is good for lesbians or hurts their cause. Stars from Ellen DeGeneres to Melissa Etheridge to Chastity Bono send a message that being out is now acceptable, but have they created new stereotypes along the way? Original and provocative, Entertaining Lesbians takes a groundbreaking look at the peril and promise of being not just out of the closet, but out in the public eye.<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<h2>Check for it on:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/gp\/search?tag=lesbianfun-20&amp;index=books&amp;field-title=Martha Gever, Entertaining Lesbians\">Amazon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/search?q=Entertaining Lesbians, Martha Gever&#038;qid=\">Goodreads<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?tbm=bks&#038;hl=en&#038;q=Martha Gever, Entertaining Lesbians\">Google Books<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<h2>Details<\/h2>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n .TFtable{\n  border-collapse:collapse; <\/p>\n<p> }\n .TFtable td{ \n  spacing:10px; border:#ffffff 5px solid; padding-right:20px<\/p>\n<p> }\n \/*  Define the text for all the 2nd columns  *\/\n .TFtable td:nth-child(2){\n  color: #0099ff;\n }\n<\/style>\n<table class=\"TFtable\">\n<tr>\n<td>ISBN<\/td>\n<td>9780415944809<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Genre<\/td>\n<td>Entertainment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Copyright Date<\/td>\n<td>2003<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Publication Date<\/td>\n<td>08-Sep-03<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Publisher<\/td>\n<td>Routledge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Format<\/td>\n<td>Trade Paperback<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>No. of Pages<\/td>\n<td>256<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Language<\/td>\n<td>English<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Rating<\/td>\n<td>NotRated<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Paper Type<\/td>\n<td>Electronic Format Available<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Subject<\/td>\n<td>Celebrities\/ United States; Gays in popular culture; Gays In Popular Culture\/ United States; Lesbianism; Lesbianism\/ United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BookID<\/td>\n<td>3544<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Martha Gever | Entertaining Lesbians | Charting the rise of lesbian celebrity, Martha Gever asks whether such exposure is good for lesbians or hurts their cause. 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