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Gender and American Culture Ser.: Famous Lady Lovers : Black Women and Queer Desire Before Stonewall by Cookie Woolner (2023, Trade Paperback)
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In the cabarets, rent parties, speakeasies, literary salons, and universities of the Jazz Age and Great Depression, communities of Black lady lovers grew, and queer flirtations flourished. Negotiating shifting notions of sexuality and respectability, Black lady lovers strategically established queer networks, built careers, created families, and were vital cultural contributors to the US interwar era.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of North Carolina Press
ISBN-10146967548X
ISBN-139781469675480
eBay Product ID (ePID)4060885780
Product Key Features
Number of Pages210 Pages
Publication NameFamous Lady Lovers : Black Women and Queer Desire before Stonewall
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2023
SubjectSociology / General, African American, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies, Lgbt Studies / Lesbian Studies
TypeTextbook
AuthorCookie Woolner
Subject AreaSocial Science, History
SeriesGender and American Culture Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight11.3 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2023-014310
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsWoolner is skilled at reading scant and highly fraught historical sources, and she succeeds in showing in great detail how Black women created queer social and sexual networks in the 1920s. . . . The Famous Lady Lovers is an important book and truly enjoyable read. . . . [S]ure to become a favorite of undergraduate readers, and it would be a wonderful addition to courses on African American history, women's and gender history, and LGBTQ history in the modern United States.-- American Historical Review, "Illuminating . . . . Woolner's emphasis on pleasure feels both urgent and hopeful at a time when LGBTQIA+ history and Black studies are increasingly targeted."-- Los Angeles Review of Books, Impeccably researched and compellingly written examination of Black women who loved women during the 1920s and 1930s.--Karla J. Strand, Ms. Magazine, "Impeccably researched and compellingly written examination of Black women who loved women during the 1920s and 1930s."--Karla J. Strand, Ms. Magazine, Extraordinary in its scope and inventiveness to focus on their intimate lives . . . . Woolner's beautiful prose and writing style makes this book a delight to read. Academics and general readers alike will be drawn to it."-Starred review, Library Journal Impeccably researched and compellingly written examination of Black women who loved women during the 1920s and 1930s."-Karla J. Strand, Ms. Magazine, Extraordinary in its scope and inventiveness to focus on their intimate lives . . . . Woolner's beautiful prose and writing style makes this book a delight to read. Academics and general readers alike will be drawn to it.--Starred review, Library Journal, Illuminating . . . . Woolner's emphasis on pleasure feels both urgent and hopeful at a time when LGBTQIA+ history and Black studies are increasingly targeted.-- Los Angeles Review of Books, "Extraordinary in its scope and inventiveness to focus on their intimate lives . . . . Woolner's beautiful prose and writing style makes this book a delight to read. Academics and general readers alike will be drawn to it."--Starred review, Library Journal, Extraordinary in its scope and inventiveness to focus on their intimate lives . . . . Woolner's beautiful prose and writing style makes this book a delight to read. Academics and general readers alike will be drawn to it."--Starred review, Library Journal, The Famous Lady Lovers is ideal for undergraduates. The threads Woolner follows supply a relevant assignment for several courses: queer history, African American history, and music history. Its concise narrative structure effectively weaves together original research and solid methodology.-- Journal of American History, Impeccably researched and compellingly written examination of Black women who loved women during the 1920s and 1930s."--Karla J. Strand, Ms. Magazine, Illuminating . . . . Woolner's emphasis on pleasure feels both urgent and hopeful at a time when LGBTQIA+ history and Black studies are increasingly targeted."-- Los Angeles Review of Books
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal306.766308996073
SynopsisBlack queer women have shaped American culture since long before the era of gay liberation. Decades prior to the Stonewall Uprising, in the 1920s and 1930s, Black "lady lovers"-as women who loved women were then called-crafted a queer world. In the cabarets, rent parties, speakeasies, literary salons, and universities of the Jazz Age and Great ......, Black queer women have shaped American culture since long before the era of gay liberation. Decades prior to the Stonewall Uprising, in the 1920s and 1930s, Black lady lovers--as women who loved women were then called--crafted a queer world. In the cabarets, rent parties, speakeasies, literary salons, and universities of the Jazz Age and Great Depression, communities of Black lady lovers grew, and queer flirtations flourished. Cookie Woolner here uncovers the intimate lives of performers, writers, and educators such as Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, Gladys Bentley, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, and Lucy Diggs Slowe, along with the many everyday women she encountered in the archives. Examining blues songs, Black newspapers, vice reports, memoirs, sexology case studies, and more, Woolner illuminates the unconventional lives Black lady lovers formed to suit their desires. In the urban North, as the Great Migration gave rise to increasingly racially mixed cities, Black lady lovers fashioned and participated in emerging sexual subcultures. During this time, Black queer women came to represent anxieties about the deterioration of the heteronormative family. Negotiating shifting notions of sexuality and respectability, Black lady lovers strategically established queer networks, built careers, created families, and were vital cultural contributors to the US interwar era., Black queer women have shaped American culture since long before the era of gay liberation. Decades prior to the Stonewall Uprising, in the 1920s and 1930s, Black "lady lovers"--as women who loved women were then called--crafted a queer world. In the cabarets, rent parties, speakeasies, literary salons, and universities of the Jazz Age and Great Depression, communities of Black lady lovers grew, and queer flirtations flourished. Cookie Woolner here uncovers the intimate lives of performers, writers, and educators such as Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, Gladys Bentley, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, and Lucy Diggs Slowe, along with the many everyday women she encountered in the archives.Examining blues songs, Black newspapers, vice reports, memoirs, sexology case studies, and more, Woolner illuminates the unconventional lives Black lady lovers formed to suit their desires. In the urban North, as the Great Migration gave rise to increasingly racially mixed cities, Black lady lovers fashioned and participated in emerging sexual subcultures. During this time, Black queer women came to represent anxieties about the deterioration of the heteronormative family. Negotiating shifting notions of sexuality and respectability, Black lady lovers strategically established queer networks, built careers, created families, and were vital cultural contributors to the US interwar era., Black queer women have shaped American culture since long before the era of gay liberation. Decades prior to the Stonewall Uprising, in the 1920s and 1930s, Black "lady lovers"-as women who loved women were then called-crafted a queer world. In the cabarets, rent parties, speakeasies, literary salons, and universities of the Jazz Age and Great Depression, communities of Black lady lovers grew, and queer flirtations flourished. Cookie Woolner here uncovers the intimate lives of performers, writers, and educators such as Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, Gladys Bentley, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, and Lucy Diggs Slowe, along with the many everyday women she encountered in the archives. Examining blues songs, Black newspapers, vice reports, memoirs, sexology case studies, and more, Woolner illuminates the unconventional lives Black lady lovers formed to suit their desires. In the urban North, as the Great Migration gave rise to increasingly racially mixed cities, Black lady lovers fashioned and participated in emerging sexual subcultures. During this time, Black queer women came to represent anxieties about the deterioration of the heteronormative family. Negotiating shifting notions of sexuality and respectability, Black lady lovers strategically established queer networks, built careers, created families, and were vital cultural contributors to the US interwar era.
LC Classification NumberHQ76.27.A37W66 2023
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