Drastic Dykes and Accidental Activists : Queer Women in the Urban South /

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"After World War II, Atlanta and Charlotte emerged as leading urban centers in the South, redefining the region through their competing metropolitan identities. Both cities also served as home to queer communities who defined themselves in accordance with their urban surroundings and profited t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Mims, La Shonda (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2022.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Sexual minority community.
Lesbians.
Lesbian activists.
Lesbians > North Carolina > Charlotte > History > 20th century.
Lesbians > Georgia > Atlanta > History > 20th century.
Lesbian activists > Southern States.
Sexual minority community > Southern States.
Lesbians > Southern States.
Southern States.
North Carolina > Charlotte.
Georgia > Atlanta.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"After World War II, Atlanta and Charlotte emerged as leading urban centers in the South, redefining the region through their competing metropolitan identities. Both cities also served as home to queer communities who defined themselves in accordance with their urban surroundings and profited to varying degrees from the emphasis on economic growth. Uniting southern women's history with urban history, La Shonda Mims considers an imaginatively constructed archive including feminist newsletters and queer bar guides alongside sources revealing corporate boosterism and political rhetoric to explore the complex nature of lesbian life in the South"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (256 pages): illustrations (black and white) ;
ISBN:9781469670577

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