1st Edition
The Lesbian History Sourcebook Love and Sex Between Women in Britain from 1780–1970
320 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
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This groundbreaking critical anthology gathers together a wide range of primary source material on lesbian lives in the past. The material here is drawn from a diverse range of sources, including court records, newspaper reports, literary sources, writings on lesbianism from psychologists, doctors, anthropologists, as well as personal letters and journals.
The sources are arranged into thematic... Read more
Introduction; Part I Archetypes of Love between Women; Chapter 1 Cross-Dressing Women; Chapter 2 Romantic Friends and Lesbian Couples; Part II Professional Commentaries; Chapter 3 Medicine; Chapter 4 Education; Chapter 5 Law; Part III Making Lesbianism in Culture; Chapter 6 The Well of Loneliness; Chapter 7 Social Perceptions; Chapter 8 Identities and Networks;
Biography
Alison Oram is Reader in Women's Studies at University College Northampton., Annmarie Turnbull works for a national charity.
'This critical anthology, which brings together a wide range of extracts from British primary sources, is a landmark for lesbian history.' - June Purvis, THES 30/5/03
