| #4017328 in Books | 2011-01-28 | 2010-12-13 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.75 x6.00 x1.00l,1.10 | File type: PDF | 328 pages|||...a fascinating and inspirational read for those engaged in the study of history, sexuality, and gender.||Michelle da
The lives of lesbians who grew up before 1965 remain cloaked in mystery. Historians have illuminated the worlds of upper-middle-class "romantic friends" and working-class butch and femme women who frequented lesbian bars in the ’50s and ’60s. The majority of lesbians, however, were lower-middle-class women who hid their sexual identity by engaging in discreet social and sexual relationships.
Drawing on correspondence, interviews, journals, and newspape...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Awfully Devoted Women: Lesbian Lives in Canada, 1900-65 (Sexuality Studies) | Cameron Duder. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.