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Sapphistries, a global history of love between women, Leila J. Rupp

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Sapphistries

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Leila J. Rupp

"From the ancient poet Sappho to tombois in contemporary Indonesia, women throughout history and around the globe have desired, loved, and had sex with other women. Sapphistries tells their stories, capturing the multitude of ways that diverse societies have shaped female same-sex sexuality across time and place." "Leila Rupp reveals how, from the time of the very earliest societies, the possibility of love between women has been known, even when it is feared, ignored, or denied. We hear women in the sex-segregated spaces of convents and harems whispering words of love. We see women beginning to find each other em the streets of London and Amsterdam, in the aristocratic circles of Paris, in the factories of Shanghai. We find women's desire and love for women meeting the light of day as Japanese schoolgirls fall in love, and lesbian bars and clubs spread from 1920s Berlin to 1950s Buffalo. And we encounter a world of difference in the twenty-first century, as transnational concepts and lesbian identities meet local understandings of how two women might love each other. Sapphistries combines lyrical narrative with meticulous historical research, providing a uniquely sweeping story of desire, love, and sex between women around the globe from the beginning of time to the present."--BOOK JACKET

Intersections

a global history of love between women

Introduction -- In the beginning (40,000-1200 BCE) -- In ancient worlds (3500 BCE-800 CE) -- In unlikely places(500 BCE-1600 CE) -- In plain sight (1100-1900) -- Finding each other (1600-1900) -- What's in a name? (1890-1930) -- In public (1920-1980) -- A world of difference (1980 - present) -- Conclusion