Making Girls into Women: American Women s Writing and the Rise of Lesbian Identity

Making Girls into Women: American Women s Writing and the Rise of Lesbian Identity Kent Kathryn R. Wydawca: Duke University Press Data wydania: 2003 ISBN: 9780822330165 Liczba stron: 368 Format: 229 x 156 Rodzaj oprawy: Paperback / softback Opis produktu: Offers an account of the historical emergence of the lesbian by looking at late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century women s writing. This title proposes that modern lesbian identity in the United States has its roots not just, or even primarily, in sexology and medical literature, but in white, middle-class women s culture.