A Restricted Country
by Joan Nestle
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A proud, working-class woman, and an 'out' lesbian long before the Rainbow revolution, Joan Nestle has stood at the forefront of American freedom struggles from the McCarthy era to the present day. Available for the first time in years, this revised classic collection of personal essays offers an intimate account of the lesbian, feminist and civil rights movements. Features 12 new b/w photographs 'Joan Nestle's work embodies a very large vision' - Adrienne RichTags
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Joan Nestle is the author of A Fragile Union: New and Selected Writings, editor of The Persistent Desire: A Femme-Butch Reader, and co-editor of Genderqueer, Voices from Beyond the Sexual Binary.
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- Dedication
- In memory of Carol Betty Lippman.
Sonny Wainwright, and Regina Nestle
Dedicated to Deborah Edel,
who taught me the passion of decency
Classifications
- Genres
- LGBTQ+, Sexuality and Gender Studies, Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, History
- DDC/MDS
- 306.7 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social Behavior - Dating, Marriage, Divorce Sexual relations
- LCC
- HQ75.4 .N47 .A3 — Social sciences The family. Marriage, Women and Sexuality The Family. Marriage. Women Sexual life Homosexuality. Lesbianism
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 6
- ASINs
- 3
