Lesbian Inscriptions in Francophone Society and Culture [Paperback]

This book represents the first comprehensive collection of essays in English dedicated entirely to the study of lesbian inscriptions in francophone society and culture. Spanning the period from the early nineteenth to the twenty-first century, the volume offers a range of interdisciplinary perspectives on ways in which lesbianism has been represented and represented itself, with essays on poetry and the novel, contemporary film and television, photography and architecture.

These essays will appeal to students and scholars of gender studies and French literature and culture.

Introduction- Renate G?ntner and Wendy Michallat

Baudelaire, lesbian poet? - David Evans

The lesbian as 'femme- ?cran'? - Owen Heathcote

Lesbian desire in recent French and francophone cinema- Lucille Cairns

Female friendships in contemporary popular films by French women directors- Sophie B?lot

In the margins and off-centre- Brigitte Rollet

Violette Leduc ?crivaine et lesbienne- Mireille Brioude

The lesbian body in motion- Stephanie Schechner

Female masculinities and Simone de Beauvoir- Ursula Tidd

Outings on the inside- Amanda Crawley Jackson

The pleasures of discovery- Frances E. Hutchins

Elsie de Wolfe, Natalie Clifford Barney and the lure of Versailles- Sheila Crane

Notes on contributors

Renante G?ntner is Senior Lecturer at the University of Sheffield

Wendy Michallat is Lecturer at the University of Sheffield