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Gutterman, Lauren Jae, author.
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Lesbians -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Lesbians -- Relations with heterosexuals -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Wives -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
No-fault divorce -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Lesbian feminism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Her neighbor's wife ...
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Her neighbor's wife : a history of lesbian desire within marriage / Lauren Jae Gutterman.
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Gutterman, Lauren Jae, author.
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2020]
Subjects
Lesbians -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Lesbians -- Relations with heterosexuals -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Wives -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
No-fault divorce -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Lesbian feminism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9780812251746 (hardcover)
0812251741 (hardcover)
Series:
Politics and culture in modern America.
Description:
vi, 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Introduction -- Pt. I : Elastic institutions and illicit affairs, 1945-1969 -- 1. Normal life -- 2. Caution and discretion -- 3. The lesbian wife problem -- 4. Scandal in Suburbia -- Pt. II : Sexual borders and legible threats, 1970-1989 -- 5. A word of their own -- 6. Opened marriage -- 7. The price they paid -- 8. Your best fantasy and your worst nightmare.
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"This book discusses the stories of lesbians living in heterosexual relationships in American suburbs from the post-World War II period through the 1980s. It focuses on the years between 1945 and 1989 to chart the ways the gay liberation and lesbian feminist movements and the "no-fault" divorce revolution of the late 1960s and 1970s transformed the lives of wives who desired women"--
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Hawaii State Library
Social Science & Philosophy
306.7663 Gu
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05/13/2024
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