Sex Variant Woman: The Life of Jeanette Howard Foster
Jeannette Howard Foster was to lesbianism in the mid-twentieth century what out authors such as Gore Vidal and James Baldwin were to gay men. She unapologetically blew the lid off Cold War sexual repression in 1956 with her Sex Variant Women in Literature -the first-ever study of homosexual, bisexual, and cross-dressing characters appearing in more than 300 works, from ancient times to the present. Joanne Passet's Sex Variant Woman is a fascinating portrait of Foster, who served as the first librarian at the Kinsey Institute before leaving to publish her controversial book. It is also a riveting look into the pre-Stonewall past, the intense sexual repression and persecution endured by homosexuals, the groundbreaking advances put forth by a cadre of activists, and the rise of feminism and gay and lesbian liberation decades later.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0786718226
ISBN13:9780786718221
Release Date:June 2008
Publisher:Da Capo Press
Length:353 Pages
Weight:1.30 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.4" x 9.0"
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Sex Variant Women
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 14 years ago
Good book from what I've been told. Didn't buy the book for myself. Arrived sooner than expected and was packaged well. Book was in good condition. Recommend the seller.
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