In this twentieth anniversary edition of Female Masculinity—which features a new preface by the author—Jack Halberstam uncovers a hidden history of female masculinities, cataloging the diversity of gender expressions among masculine women from nineteenth-century pre-lesbian practices to contemporary drag king performances.
Young Women, Sex, and Rebellion Before the Sixties
In this innovative and revealing study of midcentury American sex and culture, Amanda Littauer traces the origins of the "sexual revolution" of the 1960s. She argues that sexual liberation was much more than a reaction to 1950s repression because it largely involved the mainstreaming of a counterculture already on the rise among girls and young ......
The dramatic impact of Islamic fundamentalism in recent years has skewed our image of Islamic history and culture. Stereotypes depict Islamic societies as economically backward, hyper-patriarchal, and fanatically religious. But in fact, the Islamic world encompasses a great diversity of cultures and a great deal of variation within those cultures ......
Harmony Hammond, a leading figure in New York's feminist and lesbian art movements, is primarily known for her abstract painting and sculpture. As a co-founder of A.I.R., the first major women's cooperative art gallery, and Heresies, a groundbreaking feminist journal, Hammond played a critical role in the emergence of lesbian and feminist art ......
Harmony Hammond, a leading figure in New York's feminist and lesbian art movements, is primarily known for her abstract painting and sculpture. As a co-founder of A.I.R., the first major women's cooperative art gallery, and Heresies, a groundbreaking feminist journal, Hammond played a critical role in the emergence of lesbian and feminist art ......
A lesbian romance from seventeenth-century France Iphis and Iante are about to be married, but Iphis has a secret: when she was born, her mother disguised her as a boy in order to save her life. Although Iphis loves Iante passionately, Iphis's mother tries to prevent the marriage in order to conceal Iphis's real identity. The bachelor Ergaste has ......
A lesbian romance from seventeenth-century France Iphis and Iante are about to be married, but Iphis has a secret: when she was born, her mother disguised her as a boy in order to save her life. Although Iphis loves Iante passionately, Iphis's mother tries to prevent the marriage in order to conceal Iphis's real identity. The bachelor Ergaste has ......
For decades, lesbian feminists across the United States and Canada have created information to build movements and survive in a world that doesn't want them. In Information Activism Cait McKinney traces how these women developed communication networks, databases, and digital archives that formed the foundation for their work. Often learning on the ......
