Title: The lesbian menace
First published: 1997
Description: Electroshock. Hysterectomy. Lobotomy. These are only three of the many "cures" to which lesbians have been subjected in this century. How does a society develop such a profound aversion to a particular minority? In what ways do images in the popular media perpetuate cultural stereotypes about lesbians, and to what extent have lesbians been able to subvert and revise those images? This book addresses these and other questions by examining how lesbianism has been represented in American popular culture in the twentieth century and how conflicting ideologies have shaped lesbian experiences and identity.
Subjects: Literature and society, Popular culture, History and criticism, American literature, Gays in popular culture, Lesbians, Lesbians in literature, Identity, History, Lesbianism, LGBTQ history, collection:judy_grahn_award=finalist, Littérature américaine, Histoire et critique, Lesbiennes dans la littérature, Lesbiennes, Identité, Culture populaire, Homosexuels dans la culture populaire, Littérature et société, Histoire, LITERARY CRITICISM, American, General, Literatur, Lesbische Orientierung, Zivilisation, LGBTQ anthropology
Places: United States
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: PS228.L47 I56 1997