Damned Women
Lesbians in French Novel
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19938462 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jennifer Waelti-Walters (corresponding author), Jennifer R Waelti-Walters |
| Year | 2000 |
| Pages | 270 |
| Publication date | 2000-09-15 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Damned women (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | McGill-Queen's University Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1515/9780773568570 |
| OpenAlex | W4384166254 |
| ISBN | 9780773568570 |
| Open Library | OL3596717M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Damned Women charts the previously unexplored literary territory of the place of lesbians in the French novel. Beginning with the early depictions of lesbians as "decadent monsters" by nineteenth-century male authors such as Diderot, Balzac, and Gautier, Jennifer Waelti-Walters shows how later, little-known female writers struggled to free lesbian characters from imposed stereotypes
Computer Science · Sex work and related issues · Écrits de femmes français · Écrits de lesbiennes français · Feminist theory · french · French fiction · History and criticism · Lesbians · Lesbians in literature · Lesbians' writings · Lesbiennes dans la littérature · LGBTQ literary criticism · Roman français · Women authors
| Citations per year | 0.22 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2022 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |