Focusing on British and European women, this is an accessible study of lesbian history since the 17th century. Each chapter documents and examines a woman's life and work, or the nature of a particular partnership. Some of the women featured are famous, such as Greta Garbo, Ethel Smyth, Eve Balfour and Queen Anne, while others have been forgotten or undocumented. Collis’s study raises many profound and seminal issues including the visibility of lesbians in different social contexts, the influence of social status and background on their ability to be open about their sexuality, the importance of sexuality to contemporary women, and the existence and creation of role models.
By:
Rose Collis Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 14mm
Weight: 494g ISBN:9781474287067 ISBN 10: 1474287069 Series:Gender Studies: Bloomsbury Academic Collections Pages: 224 Publication Date:06 October 2016 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
About the Author Preface Acknowledgments 1. Catherina Linck and Catherina Muhlhahn 2. Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill 3. Mercedes De Acosta: ‘The Spanish Lothario’ 4. Edy Craig and ‘The Boys’ 5. Rosa Bonheur 6. Selma Lagerlöf 7. Frances Power Cobbe 8. Dame Ethel Smyth 9. Eve Balfour: ‘The Compost Queen’ 10. Maureen Colquhoun Selected Bibliography Index
Rose Collis is a critically-acclaimed writer, performer and alternative historian.
