Tomboys and Bachelor Girls by Rebecca Jennings

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Tomboys and Bachelor Girls by Rebecca Jennings

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Using a rich array of oral histories and archival sources, Tomboys and Bachelor Girls provides the first detailed academic study of lesbian identity and culture in post-war Britain for the scholarly and general reader. -- .

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Tomboys and Bachelor Girls by Rebecca Jennings

Using a rich array of oral histories and archival sources, Tomboys and bachelor girls provides the first detailed academic study of lesbian identity and culture in post-war Britain. Described by psychiatrists as immature and neurotic, and widely ignored as taboo by mainstream society, lesbians nevertheless recognised and accepted their same-sex desire and sought out women like themselves. Challenging the conventional picture of the post-war decades as years of austerity and conservative femininity, this book traces the emergence of a vibrant lesbian social scene in Britain, centred on the metropolitan nightclubs of post-war London, but also developing across the country, through lesbian magazines and social organisations. This fascinating book brings to life the rich history of post-war lesbian culture for the scholarly and general reader alike. -- .
Rebecca Jennings is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Modern History at Macquarie University, Sydney
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ISBN 13 9780719089923
ISBN 10 0719089921
Title Tomboys and Bachelor Girls
Author Rebecca Jennings
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Manchester University Press
Year published 2013-08-31
Number of pages 224
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