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A lesbian history of Britain : love and sex between women since 1500 / Rebecca Jennings.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Jennings, Rebecca.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Lesbianism--Great Britain--History.
Lesbianism.
History.
Great Britain.
Physical Description:
xix, 227 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Oxford, England ; Westport, Conn. : Greenwood World Pub., 2007.
Contents:
Invisibility or cultural renaissance? same-sex desire, 1500-1800
Cross-dressing and female husbands, 1600-1800
Romantic friendship, 1700-1900
'New women', 1850-1900
Sexology and the science of sex, 1880s-1920s
Sapphism and the First World War, 1914-1918
Identity crisis? the emergence of the modern lesbian, 1918-1939
Lesbian bars, 1920s-1970s
Lesbian social organisations, 1960s-1970s
The politics of lesbianism, 1970-2000.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-198) and index.
ISBN:
9781846450075
1846450071
OCLC:
144570842

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