Lesbian pulp fiction
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| '''Lesbian pulp fiction''' refers to any mid-20th century [[Pulp magazine|pulp novel]] with overtly [[lesbian]] themes and content. Lesbian pulp fiction was published in the 1950s and 60s by many of the same publishing houses that other subgenres of [[Pulp magazine|pulp fiction]] including [[Westerns]], [[Romance novel|Romances]], and [[detective story|Detective Fiction]]. Because very little other literature was available for and about lesbians at this time, quite often these books were the only reference people (lesbian and otherwise) had for modeling what lesbians were. [[Stephanie Foote]], from the [[University of Illinois]] commented on the importance of lesbian pulp novels to the lesbian identity prior to [[feminism]]: "Pulps have been understood as signs of a secret history of readers, and they have been valued because they have been read. The more they are read, the more they are valued, and the more they are read, the closer the relationship between the very act of circulation and reading and the construction of a lesbian community becomes...Characters use the reading of novels as a way to understand that they are not alone." --Foote, Stephanie. "Deviant Classics: Pulps and the Making of Lesbian Print Culture." ''Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society'' 2005, vol. 31, no. 1. | '''Lesbian pulp fiction''' refers to any mid-20th century [[Pulp magazine|pulp novel]] with overtly [[lesbian]] themes and content. Lesbian pulp fiction was published in the 1950s and 60s by many of the same publishing houses that other subgenres of [[Pulp magazine|pulp fiction]] including [[Westerns]], [[Romance novel|Romances]], and [[detective story|Detective Fiction]]. Because very little other literature was available for and about lesbians at this time, quite often these books were the only reference people (lesbian and otherwise) had for modeling what lesbians were. [[Stephanie Foote]], from the [[University of Illinois]] commented on the importance of lesbian pulp novels to the lesbian identity prior to [[feminism]]: "Pulps have been understood as signs of a secret history of readers, and they have been valued because they have been read. The more they are read, the more they are valued, and the more they are read, the closer the relationship between the very act of circulation and reading and the construction of a lesbian community becomes...Characters use the reading of novels as a way to understand that they are not alone." --Foote, Stephanie. "Deviant Classics: Pulps and the Making of Lesbian Print Culture." ''Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society'' 2005, vol. 31, no. 1. | ||
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| + | *[[Gay male pulp fiction]] | ||
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Lesbian pulp fiction refers to any mid-20th century pulp novel with overtly lesbian themes and content. Lesbian pulp fiction was published in the 1950s and 60s by many of the same publishing houses that other subgenres of pulp fiction including Westerns, Romances, and Detective Fiction. Because very little other literature was available for and about lesbians at this time, quite often these books were the only reference people (lesbian and otherwise) had for modeling what lesbians were. Stephanie Foote, from the University of Illinois commented on the importance of lesbian pulp novels to the lesbian identity prior to feminism: "Pulps have been understood as signs of a secret history of readers, and they have been valued because they have been read. The more they are read, the more they are valued, and the more they are read, the closer the relationship between the very act of circulation and reading and the construction of a lesbian community becomes...Characters use the reading of novels as a way to understand that they are not alone." --Foote, Stephanie. "Deviant Classics: Pulps and the Making of Lesbian Print Culture." Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 2005, vol. 31, no. 1.
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