Daring to Find Our Names: The Search for Lesbigay Library History

by James V. Carmichael

Book, 1998

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Praeger (1998), 272 pages

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Content and Summary Info

Bisexual Content: The table of contents and index indicate that this work does not include bisexual-specific content, but addresses bisexuals/gays/lesbians as a group in several chapters.

Publisher's Summary: Outlines theoretical and methodological problems in documenting lesbigay history generally (and specifically, the history of lesbigay professionals, particularly those in the feminized professions like librarianship). This book will appeal especially to historians of traditionally underrepresented populations (women, Native Americans, African Americans, lesbigays). In particular, chapters on methodological problems in lesbigay research, separatism, and biases created by gender bias will pull together for the first time integrated feminist/radical perspectives on library history. The authors call for more responsible treatment of such subjects as the outing of historical figures, and conversely, a more open approach to research on gender outlaws in the workplace.

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