{"product_id":"intimate-friends-women-who-loved-women-1778-1928-paperback","title":"Intimate Friends: Women Who Loved Women, 1778-1928 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMartha Vicinus\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntimate Friends\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fascinating look at the erotic friendships of educated English and American women over a 150-year period, culminating in the 1928 publication of \u003ci\u003eThe Well of Loneliness\u003c\/i\u003e, Radclyffe Hall's scandalous novel of lesbian love. Martha Vicinus explores all-female communities, husband-wife couples, liaisons between younger and older women, female rakes, and mother-daughter affection. Women, she reveals, drew upon a rich religious vocabulary to describe elusive and complex erotic feelings. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Vicinus also considers the nineteenth-century roots of such contemporary issues as homosexual self-hatred, female masculinity, and sadomasochistic desire. Drawing upon diaries, letters, and other archival sources, she brings to life a variety of well known and historically less recognized women, ranging from the predatory Ann Lister, who documented her sexual activities in code; to Mary Benson, the wife of the Archbishop of Canterbury; to the coterie of wealthy Anglo-American lesbians living in Paris. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In vivid and colorful prose, \u003ci\u003eIntimate Friends\u003c\/i\u003e offers a remarkable picture of women navigating the uncharted territory of same-sex desire.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntimate Friends\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fascinating look at the erotic friendships of educated English and American women over a 150-year period, culminating in the 1928 publication of \u003ci\u003eThe Well of Loneliness\u003c\/i\u003e, Radclyffe Hall's scandalous novel of lesbian love. Martha Vicinus explores all-female communities, husband-wife couples, liaisons between younger and older women, female rakes, and mother-daughter affection. Women, she reveals, drew upon a rich religious vocabulary to describe elusive and complex erotic feelings. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVicinus also considers the nineteenth-century roots of such contemporary issues as homosexual self-hatred, female masculinity, and sadomasochistic desire. Drawing upon diaries, letters, and other archival sources, she brings to life a variety of well known and historically less recognized women, ranging from the predatory Ann Lister, who documented her sexual activities in code; to Mary Benson, the wife of the Archbishop of Canterbury; to the coterie of wealthy Anglo-American lesbians living in Paris. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn vivid and colorful prose, \u003ci\u003eIntimate Friends\u003c\/i\u003e offers a remarkable picture of women navigating the uncharted territory of same-sex desire.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartha Vicinus\u003c\/b\u003e is the Eliza M. Mosher Distinguished University Professor of English, Women's Studies, and History at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She is the author or editor of numerous works, including \u003ci\u003eHidden from History: Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Past; Lesbian Subjects: A Feminist Studies Reader;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIndependent Women: Work and Community for Single Women, 1850-1920\u003c\/i\u003e, the last published by the University of Chicago Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 8.98 x 6.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45295642476646,"sku":"9780226855646","price":81.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/enJiVGNTV0hnbFpVMWNaWjJHQXlMdz09.webp?v=1773921028","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/intimate-friends-women-who-loved-women-1778-1928-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}