Tomboys and bachelor girls
Rebecca Jennings
Sozialwissenschaften, Recht, Wirtschaft / Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
Beschreibung
Using a rich array of oral histories and archival sources, Tomboys and Bachelor Girls provides the first detailed academic study of lesbian identity and culture in post-war Britain. Described by psychiatrists as immature and neurotic and widely ignored as taboo by mainstream society, lesbians nevertheless recognised and accepted their same-sex desire and sought out women like themselves.
Challenging the conventional picture of the post-war decades as years of austerity and conservative femininity, this book traces the emergence of a vibrant lesbian social scene in Britain, centred on the metropolitan nightclubs of post-war London, but also developing across the country, through lesbian magazines and social organisations.
This fascinating book brings to life the rich history of post-war lesbian culture for the scholarly and general reader alike.
Kundenbewertungen
female same-sex desire, tomboy, sexual deviance, homosexuality, sexual knowledge, career woman, social life, bachelor girl, post-war Britain, queer theorists, heterosexuality, cultural practices, lesbian identity