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Lesbian Realities/Lesbian Fictions in Contemporary Spain focuses exclusively on manifestations of lesbian cultures and identities in contemporary Spain. Bringing together key essays from a range of international scholars, this anthology of critical essays examines the changing cultural, sociological and political landscape of Spain at the turn of the millennium. Divided into two sections, the first contributions focus on the realities of lesbian lives and looks at how Spanish lesbian identities are constructed through language and the media. The essays in the second section analyze contemporary lesbian identities as manifested in novels and short stories published since the late 1980s by authors such as Carme Riera, Lola van Guardia, Flavia Company and Mabel GalOn. The aim of this volume is to provide a significant and coherent contribution in English to the body of knowledge within an evolving subject area that has remained relatively under-researched until recently. This is an invaluable publication for teachers and students of Spanish cultural studies, global sexuality and gender studies.

An expanded version of the entry for the Oxford Companion to Australian Politics (2007). It argues that there used to be two strands to lesbian politics during the early 1970s—'liberal pluralist' and lesbian feminist—the first asking for mainstream recognition, the second claiming to pose a challenge to that mainstream. The clearest statements of lesbian feminism came from the US, the Australian accounts largely being critical. The paper discusses these accounts, as well as some of the issues that were preoccupying lesbian feminists at the time, such as relationships and the treatment of lesbian mothers' custody cases by the Family Court.

This is a 1000-word encyclopedia entry arguing that lesbian politics in Australia had two strands, one that might be called 'liberal pluralist', and the other lesbian feminist (although both were argued within feminism). The first asked for mainstream recognition and acceptance of lesbianism as a valid alternative lifestyle, the second claimed to pose a challenge and a threat to that mainstream, particularly to the norm of heterosexuality for women.

First published in 1972 and updated in 1991, this pioneer, ground-breaking classic by the founders of the oldest Lesbian organization in the U.S., the "Daughters of Bilitis", tells of their work for both women's rights and their Lesbian lives and experiences in a positive, knowledgeable way. The authors say of themselves, "We decided never to become martyrs to any cause - we always had a lot of fun." And, in this joyous and historical report, the origins of Lesbian emergence and triumph come to life. Endorsed by Benjamin Spock, MD, author of "Baby and child care", "I would recommend that parents and non-parents read a wise book called "Lesbian/woman". It should remove the mystification and the fears concerning lesbians." "In the 1950s, in the midst of a period of conformity and repression in this country, and through all the long years before the Stonewall Rebellion brought forth a new wave of young lesbian and gay activists, and in all the years since, Martin and Lyon were there fighting for lesbian liberation." (New Directions for Women).

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Lesbians Are Elsewhere -- 2 Remedy and Poison Irigaray and the Lesbian Body -- 3 Space, Skin, Spiral The Aerial Letter and its Holographic Projection -- 4 Playing with the Closet Jeux d'occultation and Love, Death, and the Changing of the Seasons -- 5 "The Heart of the Law" Genre, Sexual Exchange and the Proper Name in Working Hot -- 6 Slash and Suture The Border's Figuration of Colonialism, Phallocentrism, and Homophobia in Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza -- 7 Cindy Crawford Concludes -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index

The twenty-first century has seen LGBTQ+ rights emerge at the forefront of public discourse and national politics in ways that would once have been hard to imagine. Focusing on the small screens of Europe and North America, "Lesbians on Television" maps the contemporary shifts in lesbian visibility within popular media and, from this, extracts a figure of the new 'lesbian normal' that both helps and hinders those it represents. This book offers a unique and layered account of the complex dynamics in the modern moment of social change, drawing together critical social and cultural theory as well empirical research, which includes interviews and multi-platform media analyses. Structured around five central case studies of popular British and American television shows featuring lesbian, bisexual and queer women characters – "The L Word", "Skins", "Glee", "Coronation Street" and "The Fosters".

The twenty-first century has seen LGBTQ+ rights emerge at the forefront of public discourse and national politics in ways that would once have been hard to imagine. Focusing on the small screens of Europe and North America, "Lesbians on Television" maps the contemporary shifts in lesbian visibility within popular media and, from this, extracts a figure of the new 'lesbian normal' that both helps and hinders those it represents. This book offers a unique and layered account of the complex dynamics in the modern moment of social change, drawing together critical social and cultural theory as well empirical research, which includes interviews and multi-platform media analyses. Structured around five central case studies of popular British and American television shows featuring lesbian, bisexual and queer women characters – "The L Word", "Skins", "Glee", "Coronation Street" and "The Fosters".