Tomboys and bachelor girls : a lesbian history of post-war Britain 1945-71 / Rebecca Jennings.

  • Jennings, Rebecca (Gender historian)
Date:
2007
  • Books

About this work

Publication/Creation

Manchester : Manchester University Press : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2007.

Physical description

209 pages ; 23 cm

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.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-204) and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    TPO.41.AA9
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780719075445
  • 0719075440