Rebecca Jennings

Tomboys and bachelor girls

A lesbian history of post-war Britain 1945-71

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Produktbeschreibung

Using a rich array of oral histories and archival sources, Tomboys and Bachelor Girls provides the first detailed academic study of lesbian identity and culture in post-war Britain for the scholarly and general reader. -- .

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 298g
• ISBN-13: 9780719089923
• ISBN-10: 0719089921
• Artikelnr.: 37744646

Autorenporträt

Rebecca Jennings is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Modern History at Macquarie University, Sydney

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Tomboys, crushes and the construction of adolescent lesbian
identities 2. The 'all-out career woman' and narratives of lesbianism at
work 3. Lesbian domesticity: Relationships and the home 4. The Gateways
Club and the emergence of a post-war lesbian subculture 5. 'Arena three'
and the articulation of a collective lesbian identity Conclusion Index