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In "Passions Between Women," Emma Donoghue challenges the idea that lesbian experience was hidden from history. Drawing on medical, legal, and erotic records and reexamining classic English literature, she uncovers a diverse array of lesbian and bisexual identities in Britain from 1668 to 1801. Her research shows that women who felt passion for other women were neither invisible nor consistent; they appeared as figures ranging from revered romantic friends and female husbands to pirates, spiritual mentors, chambermaids, poets, and prostitutes. Through a detailed panorama of these lives, Donoghue demonstrates that lesbian culture was a complex, documented part of eighteenth‑century British society.
First publish date: 1994
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: Emma Donoghue
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