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Spinsters and Lesbians : Independent Womanhood in the United States.
Americans have long held fast to a rigid definition of womanhood, revolving around husband, home, and children. Women who rebelled against this definition and carved out independent lives for themselves have often been rendered invisible in U.S. history. In this unusual comparative study, Trisha Fra...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
NYU Press,
1996.
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| Colección: | Cutting Edge: Lesbian Life and Literature Series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Progressive Era Spinsters; Contemporary Lesbians; Introduction: Spinsters and Lesbians; ONE "What Are You Going to Be?": Families and Childhoods in the Progressive Era; TWO "I Knew I Was Odd": Growing Up Female, 1936-1965; THREE "O, the Glorious Privilege of Being Independent": Defining Independent Womanhood in the Progressive Era; FOUR "I Was Going to Have to Do It All on My Own": Toward Independent Womanhood after World War II; FIVE "Such Beautiful Lives Together": Community and Companions among Progressive Era Women.
- SIX "We're Not the Only Ones": Lesbian Identities and Communities after World War IISEVEN Spinsters and Lesbians: Resisting and Surviving as Independent Women; On Methodology; Appendix: Tables; Notes; References; Index.