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Entertaining lesbians : celebrity, sexuality, and self-invention / Martha Gever

New York : Routledge, 2003

Online Ressource (xii, 236 pages) : illustrations

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-224) and index. - Print version record

Erscheint auch als: Gever, Martha, 1947- : Entertaining lesbians. - New York : Routledge, 2003 (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-1-136-07418-9 ; 1-136-07418-X ; 978-0-203-44650-8 ; 0-203-44650-X

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OCoLC: 820723016 (aus SWB)     

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HQ75.6.U5

306.76630973 ; 306.76/63/0973     Ähnliche Literatur

bisacsh: SOC017000 ; bisacsh: SOC 017000

LOC-SH: Gays in popular culture -- United States ; Lesbianism -- United States ; Celebrities -- United States ; Homosexuels dans la culture populaire -- États-Unis ; Lesbianisme -- États-Unis ; Célébrités -- États-Unis -- United States -- États-Unis ; Gays in popular culture -- United States ; Lesbianism -- United States ; Celebrities -- United States ; Electronic books

Electronic books / Electronic books ; United States ; États-Unis ; Celebrities ; Gays in popular culture ; Lesbianism ; Lesbische liefde ; Bekende mensen ; Célébrité (Personne) ; Culture populaire ; Homosexuel ; Lesbianisme ; Lesbienne ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Lesbian Studies

Before the rise of celebrities like Ellen DeGeneres and k.d. lang, lesbians were rarely in the limelight and the few that were often did not fare well. Times have changed and today's famous lesbians are popular icons. Entertaining Lesbians charts the rise of lesbians in the public eye, proposing that celebrity has never been a simple matter of opening closet doors, portraying ""positive images,"" or becoming ""role models."" Gever traces the history of lesbians in popular culture during the twentieth century, from Radclyffe Hall and Greta Garbo to Martina Navratilova and Rosie O'Don

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Introduction: celebrity talk, lesbian style -- Visibility now! The sexual politics of seeing -- Celestial configurations: aspects of lesbian stardom -- Going public: Star Wars in the liberation movement -- In retrospect: Legends of Mercedes de Acosta and company -- Popular mechanics: advanced technologies of lesbian celebrity.