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Surpassing the Love of MenSurpassing the Love of Men

Surpassing the Love of Men

Romantic Friendship and Love between Women from the Renaissance to the Present

Lillian Faderman

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Draws a variety of sources from the writings of Henry James to the Ladies Home Journal to explore 500 years of friendship and love between women and to cast light on shifting female sexuality theories. Winner of the Lambda Literary Award. Reissue.

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OL Work ID
OL578925W

Subjects

HistoryLesbianismLovePsychologyLesbians in literatureLesbiansLesbianism in literatureFemale friendshipHomosexualityStonewall Book AwardsWomen, psychologyWomen, historyLGBTQ anthropologycollection:stonewall_book_award=pre-1990_winner

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