Rebecca Jennings (UK University College London)

A Lesbian History of Britain

Love and Sex Between Women Since 1500

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Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on a wide range of historical sources - court records, newspaper reports, medical records, novels, oral histories and personal papers - A Lesbian History of Britain presents the extraordinary history of lesbian experience in Britain.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 546g
• ISBN-13: 9781846450075
• ISBN-10: 1846450071
• Artikelnr.: 23358592

Autorenporträt

Dr. Rebecca Jennings is a Research Fellow in the Modern History department at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. She has taught and researched modern British lesbian and womens history at the University of Manchester and her book, Tomboys and Bachelor Girls: A lesbian history of post-war Britain, 1945-71 was published in 2007. She is currently living in Sydney and working on a new project exploring the history of lesbian migration.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1 Invisibility or Cultural Renaissance? Same
Sex Desire, 1500
1800 Chapter 2 Cross
Dressing and Female Husbands, 1600
1800 Chapter 3 Romantic Friendship, 1700
1900 Chapter 4 'New Women', 1850
1900 Chapter 5 Sexology and the Science of Sex, 1880s
1920s Chapter 6 Sapphism and the First World War, 1914
1918 Chapter 7 Identity Crisis? The Emergence of the Modern Lesbian, 1918
1939 Chapter 8 Lesbian Bars, 1920s
1970s Chapter 9 Lesbian Social Organisations, 1960s
1970s Chapter 10 The Politics of Lesbianism, 1970
2000 List of Illustrations Bibliography Notes Index