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	All Books by Sidney Abbott and Barbara Love - Authors of : Sappho was a Right-On Woman : a Liberated View of Lesbianism Paperback Reissue edition (February 1985) Scarborough House; ISBN: 0812824067 "Lesbian Studies/Theory; Essays on Lesbianism, Feminism and the Women's Movement" Click to buy this book in USA, Canada:
	All Books by Louise Allen - Author of : The Lesbian Idol : Martina, KD and The Consumption of Lesbian Masculinity Amazon.co.uk Only Paperback - 256 pages (21 August, 1997) Continuum International Publishing Group - Academic and Professional; ISBN: 0304338192 "This insightful and lively book examines the consumption of the lesbian idols KD Lang and Martina Navratilova by their many lesbian fans in contemporary society, through an analysis of lesbian recognition, identification and desire. Allen suggests that the star-fan relationship challenges the heterosexual notion of sex as determining gender, because of the function of the masculine woman as a powerful signifier of lesbian identity. Thus the way in which Martina and KD embody an ongoing and lived-out lesbian identity makes representation of them in the mainstream media an unprecedented phenomenon which undercuts the primacy of heterosexual gender relations. This is contrasted with the recent media popularization of lesbian chic, which is viewed rather as a homophobic assimilation of lesbians under the visual codes of conventional femininity. THE LESBIAN IDOL presents a multi-textual and critical analysis of lesbian fans' personal accounts of their adoration for their idols, the ways in which Martina and KD have been represented in the mainstream media, and the key discourses through which lesbian identity and culture have been recently theorized - such as psychoanalysis, queer theory and feminism." Click to buy this book in Canada, UK:
	All Books by Dawn Atkins - Author of : Lesbian Sex Scandals: Sexual Practices, Identities, and Politics Paperback - 150 pages (December 1998) Harrington Park Pr; ISBN: 1560231181 "Lesbian Studies/Theory; Feminist politics have often been at the heart of lesbian community and identity; yet, the blending of sexual identity and politics has led to contradictions and conflicts within lesbian communities over sexual behavior. Some leading lesbian theorists have articulated a view of lesbian identity that stands on feminist politics, rather than on the desire for sexual relationships with women; others have felt that this approach denies the history of specifically lesbian sexuality. And, while having sex with a woman may not define who is a lesbian, certainly sexual practices have been at the heart of the controversies over who is not a lesbian. Lesbian Sex Scandals will help you understand these conflicts and suggests to you ways of redefining sexual identity and community." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Beverly Burch - Author of : On Intimate Terms: The Psychology of Difference in Lesbian Relationships Hardcover - 183 pages (January 1993) Univ of Illinois Pr (Pro Ref); ISBN: 025201801X "Lesbian Studies/Theory; This analysis primarily explores lesbian relationships but examines heterosexual and gay relationships as well. Burch, a Berkeley, Calif., psychoanalyst, argues that some behavioral mechanisms both help bind people and help them grow: trying to see oneself as one's beloved sees one, for example, or projecting one's "disowned" impulses onto one's partner. She bases her findings on interviews with lesbian couples; she includes many eloquent quotations from these. In her view, a fundamental polarity governs lesbian relationships: the pairing of "primary lesbians" (those who have never had a relationship with a man) with bisexual women. She contends that differences in lesbian relationships are less apt to create conflict than in heterosexual relationships, for she believes women have a greater capacity to merge. Regardless of one's sexual orientation, there is much to learn here about the nature of love and its unconscious determinants." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Beverly Burch - Author of : Other Women: Lesbian Experience and Psychoanalytic Theory of Women Hardcover - 192 pages 0 edition (May 15, 1997) Columbia Univ Pr; ISBN: 0231106025 "Lesbian Studies/Theory; Traditional psychoanalysis has treated lesbian and bisexual women's sexuality as a pathological deviation from the societal "norm". Is it possible for contemporary theorists to use psychoanalysis to understand the sexuality of women without marginalizing bisexual or lesbian women? In "Other Women" Beverly Burch rethinks traditional psychoanalytic theory in order to embrace women's diverse sexualities. Burch argues convincingly that the dynamics of lesbian and bisexual relationships are "part" of women's "functions". Examining Freudian, Lacanian and Jungian theory, as compared to more recent studies of sexuality, Burch moves beyond "What went wrong?" - a question that often impedes the analytical process - to examine, instead, how desires influence personal identities and choices. The first part of the book deals with gender identity, developing sexual preferences, and erotic/romantic dynamics within family life. In the second part, Burch theorizes about women's experiences both as partners and parents." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Claudia Card - Author of : Lesbian Choices Paperback - 310 pages 0 edition (May 15, 1995) Columbia Univ Pr; ISBN: 0231080093 "Lesbian Studies/Theory; Renowned feminist philosopher Card courageously explores the complex ethical and political questions lesbians face regarding their identities and their relationships both within and outside of lesbian communities." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Teresa de Lauretis - Author of : The Practice of Love : Lesbian Sexuality and Perverse Desire Paperback - 331 pages (May 1994) Indiana University Press; ISBN: 0253208785 "Lesbian Studies/Theory; Classic Psychoanalytic Narratives - Contemporary Feminist Writings" Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Laura Doan - Editor of : The Lesbian Postmodern Paperback - 267 pages 0 edition (March 15, 1994) Columbia Univ Pr; ISBN: 0231084110 "Lesbian Studies/Theory; All original to this volume, these evocative essays by such scholars as Robyn Wiegman, Elizabeth Grosz, and Judith Roof examine a realm as yet untouched in literary and cultural criticism and gender theory, a specifically lesbian postmodern. The essays trace, on the one hand, how some lesbian cultural theory and production foreground a politics of difference and marginality and thereby critique patriarchal and heterosexual hegemony. On the other hand, some essays note how a postmodern aesthetic, with its valorization of difference, sexual plurality, and gender blurring, assists lesbian cultural production. Among the topics discussed are the shifting definitions of lesbian and postmodern; the potential and danger of this new conceptual territory in theory, literary and visual representation, and popular culture; the lesbian in Hollywood film; actors Jodie Foster and Sandra Bernhard; and works by Jeanette Winterson, Michelle Cliff, and Gloria Anzaldua. Throughout, contributors address the interrelated questions and issues of class, race, ethnicity, postcolonialism, and commodification." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Kim Emery - Author of : The Lesbian Index: Pragmatism and Lesbian Subjectivity in the Twentieth-Century United States Paperback - 192 pages (January 2002) State Univ of New York Pr; ISBN: 0791452247 *~~ Featured Book Review ~~* "Lesbian Studies/Theory; For more than a century, female homosexuality has been a frequent flashpoint for conflicts configured around such oppositions as nature and nurture, essentialism and constructivism, foundationalist philosophies and poststructuralist ones. In The Lesbian Index, Kim Emery offers the pragmatic semiotics of C. S. Peirce as a way out of this divide. In particular, she introduces Peirce's notion of indexicality, which marks the intersection of the historical world with the conceptual one, as a useful theoretical tool for tracing the development of lesbian existence and experience. Through readings of historically significant literary works, from the first known U.S. novel with an avowedly homosexual heroine (1895's Norma Trist) to Mary McCarthy's incongruously queer mid-century account of American womanhood (1963's The Group) to Sarah Schulman's damning re-vision of On the Road (1986's Girls, Visions, and Everything), Emery demonstrates how fictional accounts of lesbian lives have engaged key national narratives, reexamining race, rights, private enterprise, imperialism, and other core concepts of American culture. In the process, she accumulates considerable evidence that representations of lesbian identity are not peripheral to mainstream U.S. culture, but a crucial locus and telling index of contested American meanings." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:

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