The girls in 3-B / Valerie Taylor ; [foreword by Jean Casella and Livia Tenzer] ; afterword by Lisa Walker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, Valerie, 1913-1997.

Contributor:

Walker, Lisa, 1965-

Series:

Femmes fatales : women write pulp

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Working class women--Fiction.

Working class women.

Women employees.

Man-woman relationships--Fiction.

Man-woman relationships.

Female friendship--Fiction.

Female friendship.

Women employees--Fiction.

Chicago (Ill.)--Fiction.

Chicago (Ill.).

Young women--Fiction.

Young women.

Lesbians--Fiction.

Lesbians.

Iowa--Fiction.

Iowa.

Genre:

Fiction.

Psychological fiction.

Bildungsromans.

Noir fiction.

Physical Description:

xiv, 206 pages : portrait ; 21 cm.

Edition:

First Feminist Press edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2003.

Summary:

Annice, Pat, and Barby are best friends from Iowa, freshly arrived in booming 1950s Chicago to explore different paths toward independence, self--expression, and sexual freedom. From the hip-hang of a bohemian lifestyle to the sophisticated lure of romance with a handsome, wealthy, married boss to the happier security of a lesbian relationship, these three experience firsthand the dangers and limitations of women's economic -reliance on men. Well-known lesbian pulp author Valerie Taylor skillfully paints a sociological portrait of the emotional and economic pitfalls of heterosexuality in 1950s America -- and then offers a defiantly subversive alternative. A classic pulp tale showcasing predatory beatnik men, drug hallucinations, and secret lesbian trysts, "The Girls in 3-B" approaches the theme of sex from the stiffened vantage point of 1950s psychology.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-206)

ISBN:

1558614621

1558614567

OCLC:

52478429