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Surpassing the love of men: romantic friendship and love between women from the Renaissance to the present
title
Surpassing the love of men: romantic friendship and love between women from the Renaissance to the present
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publisher
Harper Paperbacks
publication year
1997
description
Faderman takes a look at the traditional view of lesbianism, drawing on love letters, trial records, pornography and the 'experts' proclamations, and shows how shifting theories of female sexuality makes some things acceptable and others taboo.
education level
temporal
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reviewer
Katie Arthur
was created by
Faderman, Lillian