GIRLS NEXT DOOR: Into the Heart of Lesbian America

by Lindsy Van Gelder

Hardcover, 1996

Call number

A CULT LESB

Language

English

Tags

CHECKED, A CULT LESB, +Cultural Studies, +Lesbian Culture, ***Nonfiction, **Adult Nonfiction, *Adult, Identity: lesbian

Description

Two journalists draw on more than one hundred interviews with women around the U.S. to examine the manners, mores, institutions, attitudes, beliefs, and lifestyles of lesbians throughout the country.

Awards

Lambda Literary Award (Nominee — 1996)

Subjects

Lesbians Sexual behavior United States
Lesbians United States Identity
Lesbians United States Social life and customs

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