Tomboys and bachelor girls: A lesbian history of post–war Britain 1945–71Using 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. |
Contents
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1 Tomboys crushes and the construction of adolescent lesbian identities | 17 |
2 The allout career woman and narratives of lesbianism at work | 44 |
relationships and the home | 76 |
4 The Gateways club and the emergence of a postwar lesbian subculture | 107 |
5 Arena Three and the articulation of a collective lesbian identity | 134 |
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Tomboys and Bachelor Girls: A Lesbian History of Post-War Britain 1945-71 Rebecca Jennings No preview available - 2007 |