Chloe Plus Olivia: An Anthology of Lesbian Literature from the Seventeenth Century to the PresentLillian Faderman Lesbian and bisexual literature over the past four centuries, tracing the evolution of the genre from romantic friendship, through the exotic and evil, to the explicitly sexual. An example of exotic and evil is provided by Sheridan Le Fanu's 1872 vampire novella, Carmilla. By the author of Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers. |
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... lesbian encoding 5. Amazons : the literature of lesbian feminism 6. Flowerings : post - lesbian - feminist literature This anthology also engages with the critical dialogue that attempts to identify a " lesbian aesthetic " or " lesbian ...
... lesbian encoding 5. Amazons : the literature of lesbian feminism 6. Flowerings : post - lesbian - feminist literature This anthology also engages with the critical dialogue that attempts to identify a " lesbian aesthetic " or " lesbian ...
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... lesbian - feminist culture , however , considerable dissension emerged . One area of controversy revolved around the issues of race and ethnicity . " Third World lesbians " ( as some lesbians of color called themselves in the 1970s ) ...
... lesbian - feminist culture , however , considerable dissension emerged . One area of controversy revolved around the issues of race and ethnicity . " Third World lesbians " ( as some lesbians of color called themselves in the 1970s ) ...
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... lesbian writers wrested from homophobic writers , whose influence had prevailed through much of the history of lesbian literature , the right to define who the lesbian was . Though lesbian - feminist definitions came to be seen as too ...
... lesbian writers wrested from homophobic writers , whose influence had prevailed through much of the history of lesbian literature , the right to define who the lesbian was . Though lesbian - feminist definitions came to be seen as too ...
Contents
Y Jean Jacques Rousseau | 12 |
Katherine Fowler Philips | 17 |
To My Excellent Lucasia on Our Friendship | 23 |
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