Entertaining Lesbians : Celebrity, Sexuality, and Self-Invention

Name: Entertaining Lesbians
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
SKU: 9780415944809
Price: 10150 KES
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ISBN: 9780415944809

by Martha Gever

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 0415944805

ISBN-13 9780415944809

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Imprint Routledge

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Sep 8th, 2003

Print length 256 Pages

Weight 430 grams

Product Classification: Popular culture LGBTQIA+ Studies / topics Popular culture Gay & Lesbian studies Lesbian studies

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Charting the rise of lesbian celebrity, Martha Gever asks whether such exposure is good for lesbians or hurts their cause. Stars from Ellen DeGeneres to Melissa Etheridge to Chastity Bono send a message that being out is now acceptable, but have they created new stereotypes along the way?

Before the rise of celebrities like Ellen DeGeneres and k.d. lang, lesbians were rarely in the limelight and the few that were often did not fare well. Times have changed and today''s famous lesbians are popular icons. Entertaining Lesbians charts the rise of lesbians in the public eye, proposing that celebrity has never been a simple matter of opening closet doors, portraying "positive images," or becoming "role models." Gever traces the history of lesbians in popular culture during the twentieth century, from Radclyffe Hall and Greta Garbo to Martina Navratilova and Rosie O''Donnell, to explore the paradoxes inherent in lesbian celebrity.

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