Lesbian Inscriptions in Francophone Society and Culture

Renate Gunther, Wendy Michallat, Rebecca Mortimer

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English

Manchester University Press
31 October 2012

This book represents the first comprehensive collection of essays in English dedicated entirely to the study of lesbian inscriptions in francophone society and culture. Spanning the period from the early nineteenth to the twenty-first century, the volume offers a range of interdisciplinary perspectives on ways in which lesbianism has been represented and represented itself, with essays on poetry and the novel, contemporary film and television, photography and architecture.

These essays will appeal to students and scholars of gender studies and French literature and culture. -- .

Edited by: Renate Gunther, Wendy Michallat
Other: Rebecca Mortimer
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 318g
ISBN: 9780719085888
ISBN 10: 0719085888
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 31 October 2012
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction- Renate Güntner and Wendy Michallat Baudelaire, lesbian poet? - David Evans The lesbian as ‘femme- écran’? - Owen Heathcote Lesbian desire in recent French and francophone cinema- Lucille Cairns Female friendships in contemporary popular films by French women directors- Sophie Bélot In the margins and off-centre- Brigitte Rollet Violette Leduc écrivaine et lesbienne- Mireille Brioude The lesbian body in motion- Stephanie Schechner Female masculinities and Simone de Beauvoir- Ursula Tidd Outings on the inside- Amanda Crawley Jackson The pleasures of discovery- Frances E. Hutchins Elsie de Wolfe, Natalie Clifford Barney and the lure of Versailles- Sheila Crane Notes on contributors -- .

Renante Güntner is Senior Lecturer at the University of Sheffield. Wendy Michallat is Lecturer at the University of Sheffield. -- .