Citizen, invert, queer : lesbianism and war in early twentieth-century Britain /

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"In late nineteenth-century England, 'mannish' women were considered socially deviant but not homosexual. A half-century later, such masculinity equaled lesbianism in the public imagination. How did this shift occur? Citizen, Invert, Queer illustrates that the equation of female mascu...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cohler, Deborah (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2010]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Lesbianism > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Nationalism and feminism > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
War and society > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 > Social aspects > Great Britain.
Nationalisme et féminisme > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre et société > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Aspect social > Grande-Bretagne.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Lesbian Studies.
Lesbianism
Nationalism and feminism
Social aspects
War and society
Great Britain
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Imperialist classifications: sexology, decadence, and new women in the 1890s
  • Public women, social inversion: the women's suffrage debates
  • "A more splendid citizenship": prewar feminism, eugenics, and sex radicals
  • Around 1918: gender deviance, wartime nationalism, and sexual inversion on the home front
  • Boy-girls and girl-boys: postwar lesbian literary representations.

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