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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-100304328510
ISBN-139780304328512
eBay Product ID (ePID)113328
Product Key Features
Book TitlePortraits to the Wall : Historic Lesbian Lives Unveiled
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1999
TopicGeneral, Lgbt Studies / Lesbian Studies
IllustratorYes
GenrePhilosophy, Social Science
AuthorRose Collis
Book SeriesWomen on Women Ser.
FormatUk-Trade Paper
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight10 oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal306.76630922
SynopsisFocusing on British and European women, this is an accessible study of lesbian history. Each chapter documents and examines a woman's life and work, or the nature of a particular partnership. Some of the women featured are famous, such as Greta Garbo, Ethel Smyth, Eve Balfour and Queen Anne, while some of the others' lives have not been documented to date. In considering each person or pair the following questions are asked: were the women infits or outfits in terms of their sexuality?; how were their relationships conducted?; how much did social status/background dictate the extent of their openness or compromise?; what sort of role models where they in their day to other women?; and what legacy did they create, if any, to the status/visibility of the contemporary lesbian'.