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Her Neighbor's Wife : A History of Lesbian Desire Within Marriage.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019Copyright date: ©2020Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (249 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780812296570
Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 306.7663
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I. Elastic Institutions and Illicit Affairs, 1945-1969 -- 1. A "Normal" Life -- 2. Caution and Discretion -- 3. The Lesbian Wife Problem -- 4. Scandal in Suburbia -- Part II. Sexual Borders and Legible Threats, 1970-1989 -- 5. A World of Their Own -- 6. Opened Marriage -- 7. The Price They Paid -- 8. Your Best Fantasy and Your Worst Nightmare -- Epilogue -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Summary: Through interviews, diaries, memoirs, and letters, Her Neighbor's Wife explores the personal experiences and public perceptions of women who struggled to balance marriage and same-sex desire in the postwar United States.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I. Elastic Institutions and Illicit Affairs, 1945-1969 -- 1. A "Normal" Life -- 2. Caution and Discretion -- 3. The Lesbian Wife Problem -- 4. Scandal in Suburbia -- Part II. Sexual Borders and Legible Threats, 1970-1989 -- 5. A World of Their Own -- 6. Opened Marriage -- 7. The Price They Paid -- 8. Your Best Fantasy and Your Worst Nightmare -- Epilogue -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments.

Through interviews, diaries, memoirs, and letters, Her Neighbor's Wife explores the personal experiences and public perceptions of women who struggled to balance marriage and same-sex desire in the postwar United States.

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