Lesbians, Women & Society

ISBN-13: 9781032330716 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 216 str.

E. M. Ettorre

Opis

First published in 1980, Lesbians, Women and Society presents an analysis of lesbianism as a phenomenon that developed from a ‘personal problem’ or ‘individual deviance’ to a social movement with political ambitions.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements Introduction – Lesbianism: a personal problem or a women’s issue 1. Sappho revisited: a new look at lesbianism 2. The social reality of lesbianism 3. Social lesbians and social lesbianism: Who are they? What is ‘it’? 4. ‘Sick, but not sorry’ vs ‘sorry, but not sick’: the born lesbian and the self-chosen lesbian 5. Lesbian consciousness and lesbian practice 6. The emergence of political consciousness: lesbian feminism as an ideological form Afterword Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 Appendix 4 Appendix 5 Appendix 6 Glossary of terms Notes Bibliography Index

O autorze

E. M. Ettorre