num_pages: 158
description: In the scandalous world of pulp fiction in the 1950s and into the 60s, detectives, gangsters, and mad doctors were joined on the racks by bad girls, dissolute youths, drug-crazed beatniks, and other assorted miscreants and misfits. Where romance met with soft porn there was also a surprisingly large population of butch brunettes pursuing and seducing blond femmes. This was an alternate universe of erotic pulp fiction where gals and dolls were exploring the illicit pleasures of lesbian love -- much to the delight of a largely male, heterosexual readership. Before the sexual revolution of the 1960s, these books offered a thrilling peek into the deviant underworld of wild passion and scandalous sex.
language: English
title: Strange Sisters: The Art of Lesbian Pulp Fiction 1949-1969
titlecomplete: Strange Sisters: The Art of Lesbian Pulp Fiction 1949-1969
genres: Pulp, History, Queer, Pop Culture, Gender and Sexuality, LGBT, Queer Studies, Lesbian, Nonfiction, Art
ratings_count: 124
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Lesbian Studies
publisher: Studio