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Surpassing the love of men : romantic friendship and love between women, from the Renaissance to the present / Lillian Faderman.
LIBRA HQ75.5 .F33 1981
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Faderman, Lillian.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lesbianism--History.
- Lesbianism.
- History.
- Lesbians--Psychology.
- Lesbians.
- Love--History.
- Love.
- Lesbians in literature.
- Homosexuality--history.
- Homosexuality--psychology.
- Medical Subjects:
- Homosexuality--history.
- Homosexuality--psychology.
- Love.
- Genre:
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 496 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Morrow Quill paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Morrow, 1981.
- Summary:
- A classic of its kind, this critically acclaimed cultural history draws on everything from private correspondence to pornography to explore 500 years of friendship and love between women. It throws new light on shifting theories of female sexuality and the changing status of women over the centuries.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Gay Book Award (American Library Association), 1982
- Stonewall Book Award, Winner, 1982
- Other Format:
- Online version: Faderman, Lillian. Surpassing the love of men.
- ISBN:
- 0688003966
- 9780688003968
- 068803733X
- 9780688037338
- OCLC:
- 6942635
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