Lesbian Inscriptions in Francophone Society and Culture

Informationen zum Autor Wendy Michallat is Lecturer at the University of Sheffield Klappentext The first comprehensive collection of essays in English dedicated entirely to the study of lesbian inscriptions in francophone society and culture. Zusammenfassung The first comprehensive collection of essays in English dedicated entirely to the study of lesbian inscriptions in francophone society and culture. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction- Renate Güntner and Wendy MichallatBaudelaire, lesbian poet? - David EvansThe lesbian as 'femme- écran'? - Owen HeathcoteLesbian desire in recent French and francophone cinema- Lucille CairnsFemale friendships in contemporary popular films by French women directors- Sophie BélotIn the margins and off-centre- Brigitte RolletViolette Leduc écrivaine et lesbienne- Mireille BrioudeThe lesbian body in motion- Stephanie SchechnerFemale masculinities and Simone de Beauvoir- Ursula TiddOutings on the inside- Amanda Crawley JacksonThe pleasures of discovery- Frances E. HutchinsElsie de Wolfe, Natalie Clifford Barney and the lure of Versailles- Sheila CraneNotes on contributors

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• Authors: Renate Michallat Gunther, Renate Michallat Guntner
• Assisted by: Renate G. Nther (Editor), Renate Gunther (Editor), Renate Guntner (Editor), Wendy Michallat (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2012
• EAN: 9780719085888
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8588-8
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Durham Modern Languages
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories