Lesbian - Susan Hawthorne

A History Of Feminist And Lesbian Thinking From The 1970s To The Presentacross Almost 50 Years Of Writing, Susan Hawthornes Essays On Lesbian Culture And Politics Take The Reader On A Journey Through The Concerns Of Radical Feminists Engaged In The Womens Liberation Movement. Not Only Does She Trace The Experiments Of Lesbians Creating A Vibrant Woman-loving Culture, But She Also Traces The Backlash Against Lesbians And A History Of Violence Perpetrated By The State, Corporations And Individual Men. She Begins With A Recollection Of A Rape In Her Pre-feminist Days, Followed By A Critique Of The Institution Of Heterosexuality And The Role Of Lesbian Feminism As A Strategy.