Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Speaking OUT Speaking OUT Rachelle Lee Smith A photographic essay that explores a wide spectrum of experiences told from the perspective of a diverse group of young people, ages 14-24, identifying as queer (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, … OL18148949W
Sapphic modernities Sapphic modernities Laura L. Doan,Jane Garrity "Sapphic Modernities marks the first attempt to examine the representation of the lesbian in modernity from the multiple perspectives of literary, visual, and cultural studies, seeking collectively t… OL18421041W
The lesbian menace The lesbian menace Sherrie A. Inness 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 particul… OL1885581W
Ethereal queer Ethereal queer Amy Villarejo "In Ethereal Queer, Amy Villarejo offers a historically engaged, theoretically sophisticated, and often personal account of how TV representations of queer life have changed as the medium has evolved… OL19709755W
Homintern Homintern Gregory Woods "In a hugely ambitious study which crosses continents, languages, and almost a century, Gregory Woods identifies the ways in which homosexuality has helped shape Western culture. Extending from the t… OL20030132W
Awakening Awakening Nathaniel Frank "The right of same-sex couples to marry provoked decades of intense conflict before it was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2015. Yet some of the most divisive contests shaping the quest for marri… OL20050013W
Lesbians on ... Lesbians on ... Vicky Statler "This is the second in a series of booklets produced by the Women's Oral History Group's Lesbian Identity Project (LIP)"--Pg. 1. OL27705348W
Gay and After Gay and After Alan Sinfield Argues that ideas of gayness are becoming more complicated as gays are vilified over AIDS, courted as consumers and urged to be queer and/or bisexual. This volume explores, through books, film and mu… OL450388W
Our vampires, ourselves Our vampires, ourselves Nina Auerbach *Nina Auerbach shows how every age embraces the vampire it needs, and gets the vampire it deserves. Working with a wide range of texts, as well as movies and television, Auerbach locates vampires at … OL468097W
Mommy Queerest Mommy Queerest Julie M. Thompson "Mommy Queerest focuses on the historical and contemporary meanings of lesbian motherhood in three cultural domains: the mass media, the U.S. legal system, and recent scholarship ih feminist psycholo… OL8855536W
Fashioning Sapphism Fashioning Sapphism Laura L. Doan,Laura Doan An in-depth study of early 20th century social conditions and cultural trends in Britain that constructed the popular image of the "modern lesbian." OL9188714W