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The lesbian menace:

ideology, identity, and the representation of lesbian life (Google eBook)
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Univ of Massachusetts Press, 1997 - Social Science - 256 pages
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.
  

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About the author (1997)

Sherrie A. Inness is Assistant Professor of English at Miami University of Ohio. She is the author of "Intimate Communities: Representation and Social Transformation in Women's College Fiction, 1895-1910" and "The Lesbian Menace: Ideology, Identity, and the Representation of Lesbian Life".

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TitleThe lesbian menace: ideology, identity, and the representation of lesbian life
AuthorSherrie A. Inness
PublisherUniv of Massachusetts Press, 1997
ISBN1558490914, 9781558490918
Length256 pages
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Literary Criticism / Gay & Lesbian
Social Science / Lesbian Studies
  
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