Boots of leather, slippers of gold : the history of a lesbian community / Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy, Madeline D. Davis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kennedy, Elizabeth Lapovsky, 1939-

Contributor:

Davis, Madeline D., 1940-2021.

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lesbians--New York (State)--Buffalo--History--20th century.

Lesbians.

Lesbians--New York (State)--Buffalo--Social conditions.

Working class--New York (State)--Buffalo--History--20th century.

Working class.

Women's studies--New York (State)--Buffalo.

Women's studies.

Buffalo (N.Y.)--History--20th century.

Buffalo (N.Y.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 434 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New York : Penguin Books, ©1994.

Contents:

1. "To cover up the truth would be a waste of time": Introduction

2. "I could hardly wait to get back to that bar": lesbian bar culture in the 1930s and 1940s

3. "A weekend wasn't a weekend if there wasn't a fight": the tough bar lesbians of the 1950s

4. "Maybe 'cause things were harder...you had to be more friendly": race and class in the lesbian community of the 1950s

5. "We're going to be legends, just like Columbus is": the butch-fem image and the lesbian fight for public space

6. "Now you get this spot right here": butch-fem sexuality during the 1940s and 1950s

7. "Nothing is forever": serial monogamy in the lesbian community of the 1940s and 1950s

8. "It can't be a one-way street": committed butch-fem relationships

9. "In everybody's life there has to be a gym teacher": the formation of lesbian identities and the reproduction of butch-fem roles

10. Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-424) and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Lambda Literary Award, 1993

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781315767611 (electronic bk.)

1315767619 (electronic bk.)

Publisher Number:

99994877218

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.