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The first comprehensive collection of essays in English dedicated entirely to the study of lesbian inscriptions in francophone society and culture. -- .

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Introduction- Renate Güntner and Wendy Michallat
Baudelaire, lesbian poet? - David Evans
The lesbian as ‘femme- écran’? - Owen Heathcote
Lesbian desire in recent French and francophone cinema- Lucille Cairns
Female friendships in contemporary popular films by French women directors- Sophie Bélot
In the margins and off-centre- Brigitte Rollet
Violette Leduc écrivaine 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

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 31/10/2012
      ISBN13: 9780719085888, 978-0719085888
      ISBN10: 719085888

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The first comprehensive collection of essays in English dedicated entirely to the study of lesbian inscriptions in francophone society and culture. -- .

      Table of Contents

      Introduction- Renate Güntner and Wendy Michallat
      Baudelaire, lesbian poet? - David Evans
      The lesbian as ‘femme- écran’? - Owen Heathcote
      Lesbian desire in recent French and francophone cinema- Lucille Cairns
      Female friendships in contemporary popular films by French women directors- Sophie Bélot
      In the margins and off-centre- Brigitte Rollet
      Violette Leduc écrivaine 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

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