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	All Books by Zsa Zsa Gershick - Author of : Gay Old Girls Paperback - 256 pages (November 1998) Alyson Pubns; ISBN: 1555834760 "Lesbian Studies; This collection of nine life stories can be seen as part of the larger project instituted by Joan Nestle and others to gather an oral history of lesbian life in America in the 20th century. Although some of the memories here stretch back to the 1920s, most date from the repressive postwar years and describe the difficulties of finding community--let alone lovers--when there were no safe, established meeting places for gay people. Many of the women interviewed ended up marrying men as a cover or to make their lives easier, while some married before they realized they were lesbian, the most remarkable of whom is Jane Stevenson, a California housewife and mother of two, whose suburban household in the 1960s came to include her female lover as well as her transvestite husband. Their need for secrecy and their joy in finding each other kept them happy together for many years, yet her story is countered by several in which the women never found lasting love, or grew so discouraged that they stopped trying. Although not all of these interviews are intrinsically interesting, they offer an essential glimpse of a dark past and spur on the struggle for civil rights. - Regina Marler (Amazon.com)" Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Julie Glamuzina, Alison J. Laurie, B. Ruby Rich - Author of : Parker & Hulme : A Lesbian View Note: See Film 'Heavenly Creatures' - Based on This Murder Case Paperback - 224 pages (October 1995) Firebrand Books; ISBN: 1563410656 *~~ Featured Book Review ~~* "Lesbian Studies; The movie Heavenly Creatures was based on New Zealand's notorious 1954 murder case in which two teenage girls, Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme, killed Pauline's mother. The polite society of Christchurch was shattered not only by the murder, but also by suggestions of the girls' lesbianism. Feminist scholars Julie Glamuzina and Alison J. Laurie began researching the case in 1986, almost 10 years before the film's release, to contextualize the anti-lesbian hysteria surrounding the trial. This fascinating book looks at how and why that society viewed lesbianism as evil or insane." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Gabriele Griffin - Author of : Straight Studies Modified : Lesbian Interventions In The Academy Paperback - 256 pages (September 1997) Continuum; ISBN: 0304336300 "Lesbian Studies; This text examines the degree of lesbian presence throughout higher education. Contributors analyze issues such as the notion of specifically lesbian knowledge in various academic disciplines, the impact of lesbian feminism and of queer on the emergence of lesbians within higher education, and the problem of incorporating lesbian studies within the academy. From the pessimistic to the celebratory, contributors examine the effects lesbians as activists, teachers and researchers have had, and continue to have, on changing disciplines and the academy." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Pat Griffin - Author of : Strong Women, Deep Closets : Lesbians and Homophobia In Sport Paperback - 264 pages (February 1998) Human Kinetics Pub; ISBN: 088011729X "Lesbian Studies; Provides a critical history of discrimination and prejudice against lesbians in sport, and calls for openness and justice in women's sport. The book is based on theoretical and historical foundations, and is written in an academic yet accessible style." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Laura Harris - Editor of : Femme : Feminists, Lesbians, and Bad Girls Paperback - 236 pages 1 edition (August 1997) Routledge; ISBN: 041591874X "Lesbian Studies; For many homosexuals the images of the nelly queen or the butch and femme dykes generated anxiety because they too closely resembled negative stereotypes held by heterosexuals. But over the past three decades the lesbian and gay movement has made great strides in accepting a wide diversity of sexual identities and behaviors within its own ranks. Self expression became valued over perceived acceptability. In Femme, Laura Harris and Elizabeth Crocker continue this project of exploring diversity. These 18 essays, interviews, and true-life testimonies--from writers such as Joan Nestle and Jewelle Gome--look at what it has meant to be a femme lesbian living during the 20th century. At times academic, yet always accessible and readable, Femme blends political analysis, history, and stirring manifesto to give the lipstick and high-heel-wearing femme her due." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Amber L. Hollibaugh - Author of : My Dangerous Desires : A Queer Girl Dreaming Her Way Home Paperback - 264 pages (December 2000) Duke Univ Pr (Trd); ISBN: 0822326191 "Lesbian Studies; Amber L. Hollibaugh is a lesbian sex radical, ex-hooker, incest survivor, gypsy child, poor-white-trash, high femme dyke. She is also an award-winning filmmaker, feminist, Left political organizer, public speaker and journalist. "My Dangerous Desires" presents over 20 years of Hollibaugh's writing, an introduction written especially for this book, and five new essays including "A Queer Girl Dreaming Her Way Home", "My Dangerous Desires" and "Sexuality, Labour and the New Trade Unionism"." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Sherrie A. Inness - Author of : The Lesbian Menace : Ideology, Identity, and The Representation of Lesbian Life Paperback - 232 pages (July 1997) Univ. of Massachusetts Press; ISBN: 1558490914 "Lesbian Studies; This book examines how 20th-century American culture developed the idea of "The Lesbian" as a perverse creature that threatens the natural order of society. Sherrie Inness begins by comparing public perceptions of the menace posed by two lesbian "types": the "mannish woman" of Radclyffe Hall's 1928 novel The Well of Loneliness and the subtly seductive, traditionally beautiful Madame d'Aiguines of the 1926 play The Captive. She then analyzes popular novels of the 1930s that were concerned with those dangerous breeding grounds of lesbianism: women's colleges. She also contextualizes Nancy Drew novels, recent young adult books, and contemporary women's magazines' responses to lesbian chic." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Annamarie Jagose - Author of : Lesbian Utopics Paperback - 224 pages (October 1994) Routledge; ISBN: 0415910196 "Lesbian Studies; Challenging the often unquestioned hegemony of gay studies over lesbian studies, Jagose offers a theory of the lesbian. Drawing upon the work of such theorists as Eve Sedgwick and Luce Irigaray, she articulates a theory of "lesbian" space which symbolically exceeds the boundaries of understanding. Jagose argues that the culturally constructed category of the "lesbian" - the symbolic logic which goes beyond traditional cultural limits and regulations - is also simultaneously and, quite provocatively, also the product of those regimes of power. It is this explosive tension that Jagose emphasizes in her reading of various conceptions of the "lesbian". In examining this construction, Jagose surveys a diverse range of texts (sonnets, essays, and novels) spanning the cultural terrain of Mexico and Australia, the US and France. She concludes with a reading of Cindy Crawford as signifying the emergence of lesbian utopics within pop culture." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Karla Jay - Author of : Dyke Life : From Growing Up to Growing Old, a Celebration of the Lesbian Experience Paperback - 384 pages (June 1996) Basic Books; ISBN: 0465039081 "Lesbian Studies; This is an anthology of over 50 essays which attempts to provide a comprehensive view of the many phases of lesbian life. Lesbians of every age, race, religion and political persuasion, write on such topics as coming out, sex, health, work, role playing and aging. The contributors include Victoria Brownworth, Laura Brown and Martha Vicinus." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada:
	All Books by Karol L. Jensen - Author of : Lesbian Epiphanies: Women Coming Out in Later Life Paperback - 228 pages (August 1999) Harrington Park Pr; ISBN: 1560239646 *~~ Featured Book Review ~~* "Exploring identity development and gender orientation, Lesbian Epiphanies: Women Coming Out in Later Life contains firsthand information about the experiences and difficulties of women who discover and reveal their newfound lesbian sexuality in later life. Psychologists, social workers, counselors, and professors will find that Lesbian Epiphanies is the first book to extensively quote from interviews of lesbians and bisexuals who had entered into heterosexual marriages. From the analysis of these 24 interviews, the psychological, erotic, and social processes of women who come out as lesbians or bisexuals after a heterosexual marriage are clearly explained so you can better assist your clients throughout this coming-out process. Discussing the personal and societal standards which clouded early self-awareness for these women, Lesbian Epiphanies lifts the veil of confusion to clearly illuminate the issues at hand to assist you in understanding and helping your clients. From the case studies in this important book, you will learn how some women came to realize their same gender attractions and the barriers they faced, including negative attitudes toward lesbian women and the lack of strong role models. Helpful and informative, Lesbian Epiphanies explores the development of sexual identity in women in the United States today and provides you with essential information to help you improve your services to lesbian and bisexual clients by: - examining how the role of marriage in American culture stifles a woman's self-awareness of her sexuality in order to help clients avoid the mistake of a heterosexual marriage before husbands and children are involved - examining reasons behind the lack of valuable sexual information in America that limits a woman's general awareness of herself, her body, her sexuality, and her life options - understanding the challenges that lesbians and bisexuals experience when attempting to establish their true identities to assist your clients in overcoming these barriers - suggesting support groups for clients who are having a difficult time becoming used to the ideas and feelings of some same gender attractions. This insightful book knocks down the sociological and psychological barriers that keep women from realizing or acknowledging their real sexual orientation by dispelling societal and cultural myths about what it means to be a woman in the United States. Offering you invaluable advice on how to help clients effectively and happily live with their new identities, Lesbian Epiphanies provides solutions to the challenges that women experience in establishing their other-than-heterosexual orientation in a heterosexist society." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:

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