Lesbian Lifestyles: Women's Work and the Politics of Sexuality

by Gillian A. Dunne

Book Overview

This fascinating book illustrates the importance of analyzing sexuality by examining ways in which stepping outside heterosexuality necessitates and facilitates long-term economic independence. Based on a life-history study, the book charts key stages in the lives of non-heterosexual women, including their experiences of gendering in childhood and their responses to 'the culture of romantic heterosexuality'. In particular it documents the impact of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333657829
• ISBN13: 9780333657829
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"