Tomboys and bachelor girls : A lesbian history of post-war Britain 1945-71 /
Using an array of oral histories and archival sources, this work provides an academic study of lesbian identity and culture in post-war Britain. Challenging the conventional picture of the post-war decades as years of austerity and conservative femininity, this book traces the emergence of a vibrant...
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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New York :
Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave,
2007.
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Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Tomboys, crushes and the construction of adolescent lesbian identities
- The 'all-out career woman' and narratives of lesbianism at work
- Lesbian domesticity : relationships and the home
- The Gateways club and the emergence of a post-war lesbian subculture
- Arena three and the articulation of a collective lesbian identity.