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A review by simlish
Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America by Lillian Faderman
4.0
Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers is a comprehensive look at a hundred years of lesbian history. It's very much an introductory overview, with only a chapter or two per decade, but it takes the reader through the development of lesbian identity and culture.
It was a lot of information that I was kind of aware of, but it was laid out well, and sourced thoroughly, and gave me a much better understanding of how culture contributed to the idea of lesbianism in each century, as well as what the experience of living through it was. An invaluable reference and jumping off point. A little dry, but that's about what I expected. It does what it sets out to do, and does it well.
It was a lot of information that I was kind of aware of, but it was laid out well, and sourced thoroughly, and gave me a much better understanding of how culture contributed to the idea of lesbianism in each century, as well as what the experience of living through it was. An invaluable reference and jumping off point. A little dry, but that's about what I expected. It does what it sets out to do, and does it well.