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The Lesbian Menace: Ideology, Identity, and the Representation of Lesbian Life
title
The Lesbian Menace: Ideology, Identity, and the Representation of Lesbian Life
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publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
publication year
1997
description
Electroshock. Hysterectomy. Lobotomy. These are only three of the many "cures" to which lesbians have been subjected in this century. How does a society develop such a profound aversion to a particular minority? In what ways do images in the popular media perpetuate cultural stereotypes about lesbians, and to what extent have lesbians been able to subvert and revise those images? This book addresses these and other questions by examining how lesbianism has been represented in American popular culture in the twentieth century and how conflicting ideologies have shaped lesbian experiences and identity.
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reviewer
Katie Arthur
was created by
Inness, Sherrie A.