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Odd girls and twilight lovers: a history of lesbian life in twentieth-century America
title
Odd girls and twilight lovers: a history of lesbian life in twentieth-century America
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publisher
Columbia University Press
publication year
1991
description
As Lillian Faderman writes, there are "no constants with regard to lesbianism," except that lesbians prefer women. In this groundbreaking book, she reclaims the history of lesbian life in twentieth-century America, tracing the evolution of lesbian identity and subcultures from early networks to more recent diverse lifestyles. She draws from journals, unpublished manuscripts, songs, media accounts, novels, medical literature, pop culture artifacts, and oral histories by lesbians of all ages and backgrounds, uncovering a narrative of uncommon depth and originality.
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temporal
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reviewer
Katie Arthur;Leo Valdes
was created by
Faderman, Lillian