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Tomboys and bachelor girls : a lesbian history of post-war Britain 1945-71

Title
Tomboys and bachelor girls : a lesbian history of post-war Britain 1945-71 / Rebecca Jennings.
Author
Jennings, Rebecca (Gender historian)
Publication
Manchester, UK ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2007.

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Description
209 pages; 23 cm
Summary
Using an array of oral histories and archival sources, this work provides an academic study of lesbian identity and culture in post-war Britain. Challenging the conventional picture of the post-war decades as years of austerity and conservative femininity, this book traces the emergence of a vibrant lesbian social scene in Britain.
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • Lesbians > Great Britain > History > 20th century
  • Lesbian culture > Great Britain > History > 20th century
  • Lesbianism > Great Britain > History > 20th century
  • Lesbians > Identity
  • Lesbians > Great Britain > Social life and customs > 20th century
  • Lesbian culture
  • Lesbianism
  • Lesbians
  • Lesbians > Social life and customs
  • Great Britain
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-204) and index.
Contents
Tomboys, crushes and the construction of adolescent lesbian identities -- The 'all-out career woman' and narratives of lesbianism at work -- Lesbian domesticity : relationships and the home -- The Gateways club and the emergence of a post-war lesbian subculture -- Arena three and the articulation of a collective lesbian identity.
ISBN
  • 9780719075445
  • 0719075440
  • 9780719089923
  • 0719089921
OCLC
  • ocn148906603
  • 148906603
  • SCSB-14689119
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library