Sapphistries - A Global History of Love Between Women

Informationen zum Autor University of California! Santa Barbara Klappentext Captures the multitude of ways that diverse societies have shaped female same-sex sexuality across time and place Zusammenfassung From the ancient poet Sappho to tombois in contemporary Indonesia! women throughout history and around the globe have desired! loved! and had sex with other women. This title tells their stories! capturing the multitude of ways that diverse societies have shaped female same-sex sexuality across time and place. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface vii; 1. Introduction 1; 2. In the Beginning (40!000-1200 BCE) 14; 3. In Ancient Worlds (3500 BCE-800 CE) 35; 4. In Unlikely Places(500 BCE-1600 CE) 58; 5. In Plain Sight (1100-1900) 108; 6. Finding Each Other (1600-1900) 145; 7. What's in a Name? (1890-1930) 193; 8. In Public (1920-1980) 219; 9. A World of Difference (1980 - present) 273; 10. Conclusion 306; Notes 315; References 359; Index

Product details

• Authors: Leila Rupp, Leila J. Rupp
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2009
• EAN: 9780814775929
• ISBN: 978-0-8147-7592-9
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Intersections; Intersections
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories