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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... sexual prerogative of penetration may have been , however , there is also abundant evidence to suggest that women of other centuries could dress or comport themselves in a masculine fashion and still not be suspected of improper sexual ...
... sexual prerogative of penetration may have been , however , there is also abundant evidence to suggest that women of other centuries could dress or comport themselves in a masculine fashion and still not be suspected of improper sexual ...
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... sexuality a bold and passionate history , and they crit- icized the lesbian - feminist conception of sexuality for excluding , in its at- tempt to be politically correct , a whole panoply of fulfilling and important sexual expressions ...
... sexuality a bold and passionate history , and they crit- icized the lesbian - feminist conception of sexuality for excluding , in its at- tempt to be politically correct , a whole panoply of fulfilling and important sexual expressions ...
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... sexuality against lesbian - feminists who were concerned that the tools of such sexuality ( for example , pornography and role playing ) encouraged the victimization of women no less than did men's aggressive sexual behavior . Califia's ...
... sexuality against lesbian - feminists who were concerned that the tools of such sexuality ( for example , pornography and role playing ) encouraged the victimization of women no less than did men's aggressive sexual behavior . Califia's ...
Contents
Y Jean Jacques Rousseau | 12 |
Katherine Fowler Philips | 17 |
To My Excellent Lucasia on Our Friendship | 23 |
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