The lesbian South : southern feminists, the women in print movement, and the queer literary canon / Jaime Harker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harker, Jaime, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lesbian authors--Southern States.

Lesbian authors.

American literature--Southern States--History and criticism.

American literature.

Feminism and literature.

Lesbians.

Manners and customs.

Southern States.

Lesbians--Southern States--Social life and customs.

Feminism and literature--Southern States.

Lesbians--Social life and customs.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

239 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2018]

Summary:

"Much of the scholarship published on gay writers in the American South has focused on men, eliding the vibrant history of lesbian authorship and print culture. In The lesbian South, Jamie Harker explores the literature of lesbian-feminist writers, feminist print culture, presses, and bookstores in the post-1960s American South. Harker argues that lesbian presses and bookstores enabled the development of feminist reading and writing communities. These communities both challenged and nurtured lesbian writers, while also encouraging a feminist-inspired racial activism and individual autonomy"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Southern, feminist, queer: the archive of southern lesbian feminism

Creating a southern lesbian feminist culture: the women in print movement and the battle of the literary

The radical South: politics and the lesbian feminist imaginary

Queer sexuality and the lesbian feminist South

Women's space, queer space: communes, landykes, and queer contact zones in the lesbian feminist South

Lesfic: alternative publishing, activism, and queer women writers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-227) and index.

ISBN:

9781469643359

1469643359

9781469643342

1469643340

OCLC:

1022980642