lesbian history of Britain
By: Rebecca Jennings.
Publisher: Greenwood World Pub.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford, England
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781846450075
Subjects: Lesbianism -- Great Britain -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Invisibility or cultural renaissance? same-sex desire, 1500-1800; title: Cross-dressing and female husbands, 1700-1800; title: Romantic friendship, 1700-1900; title: 'New women', 1850-1900; title: Sexology and the science of sex, 1880s-1920s; title: Sapphism and the First World War, 1914-1918; title: Identity crisis? the emergence of the modern lesbian, 1918-1939; title: Lesbian bars, 1920s-1970s; title: Lesbian social organisations, 1960s-1970s; title: The politics of lesbianism, 1970-2000.