LoginLesbian Pulp Fiction: The Sexually Intrepid World of Lesbian Paperback Novels 1950-1965
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Long before the rise of the modern gay movement, an unnoticed literary revolution was occurring between the covers of the cheaply produced lesbian pulp paperbacks of the post–World War II era. In 1950, publisher Fawcett Books founded its Gold Medal imprint, inaugurating the reign of lesbian pulp fiction. These were the books that small-town lesbians and prurient men bought by the millions — cheap, easy to find in drugstores, and immediately recognizable by their lurid covers. For women leading straight lives, here was confirmation that they were not alone and that darkly glamorous, "gay" places like Greenwich Villa
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Manufacturer: Cleis Press
Release date: 10 May 2005
ISBN-10 : 1573442100 | ISBN-13: 9781573442107
Release date: 10 May 2005
ISBN-10 : 1573442100 | ISBN-13: 9781573442107
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