| Description |
x, 253 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Gender and American culture
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Gender & American culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-240) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Identities, values, and inquiries : a personal history -- Separatism as strategy : female institution building and American feminism, 1870-1930 -- Separatism revisited : women's institutions, social reform, and the career of Miriam Van Waters -- Women's networks and women's loyalties : reflections on a tenure case -- Small group pedagogy : consciousness raising in conservative times -- No turning back : the historical resilience of feminism -- The historical construction of homosexuality in the United States -- Uncontrolled desires : the response to the sexual psychopath, 1920-1960 -- The prison lesbian : race, class, and the construction of the aggressive female homosexual, 1915-1965 -- The burning of letters continues : elusive identities and the historical construction of sexuality -- When historical interpretation meets legal advocacy : abortion, sodomy, and same-sex marriage. |
| Subject |
Feminism -- United States -- History.
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Feminism. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Women's studies -- United States.
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Women's studies. |
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Homosexuality -- United States -- History.
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Homosexuality. |
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Sex -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Sex -- Political aspects. |
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Sex. |
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Feminism. |
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Women's movement. |
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Homosexuality. |
| ISBN |
0807856940 paperback alkaline paper |
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0807830313 cloth alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
9780807830314 |
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9780807856949 |
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