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
Main Author: Cohler, Deborah (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2010]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
War and society.
Social aspects.
Nationalism and feminism.
Lesbianism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Lesbian Studies.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Aspect social > Grande-Bretagne.
Guerre et societe > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Nationalisme et feminisme > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siecle.
World War, 1914-1918 > Social aspects > Great Britain.
War and society > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Nationalism and feminism > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Lesbianism > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Great Britain.
History.
Electronic books.
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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