The lesbian menace

By Sherrie A. Inness

Subjects: Culture populaire, Littérature américaine, LGBTQ sociology, General, Littérature et société, Identity, Histoire, Lesbiennes, Popular culture, LITERARY CRITICISM, Zivilisation, Identité, Lesbianism, Literatur, Gays in popular culture, Lesbiennes dans la littérature, Homosexuels dans la culture populaire, American, History and criticism, Histoire et critique, American literature, collection:judy_grahn_award=finalist, History, Lesbians in literature, Literature and society, LGBTQ history, Lesbians, Lesbische Orientierung

Description: Electroshock. Hysterectomy. Lobotomy. These are only three of the many "cures" to which lesbians have been subjected in this century. How does a society develop such a profound aversion to a particular minority? In what ways do images in the popular media perpetuate cultural stereotypes about lesbians, and to what extent have lesbians been able to subvert and revise those images? This book addresses these and other questions by examining how lesbianism has been represented in American popular culture in the twentieth century and how conflicting ideologies have shaped lesbian experiences and identity.