- History, Female Homosexuality, Lesbians, Lesbianism
Lesbian life in America continues to evolve. As Lillian Faderman writes, there are “no constants with regard to lesbianism,” except that lesbians prefer women.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and epic.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- cooloverwhelming
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- Author
- Lillian Faderman
- First published
- 1991
- Pages
- 373
- Publisher
- Penguin (Non-Classics), Columbia University Press, Penguin Books
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781280665721
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“Early twentieth-century women, particluarly those of the middle class, had grown up in a society where love between young females was considered the norm, "a rehearsal in girlhood of the great drama of woman's life," where women's love for one another was thought to "constitute the richness, consolation, and joy of their lives."”
**Lillian Faderman** received her Ph.D. in English from UCLA. She is the author of [Surpassing the Love of Men](/works/OL578925W/), [Scotch Verdict](/works/OL578928W/), two college textbooks on American ethnic literature, and numerous articles on women's relationships. Faderman is a Professor of English at California State University, Fresno and is currently a Visiting Professor of English at UCLA.
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