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Author: Bonnie Zimmerman
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Dimensions:
Width: 21.00cm
, Height: 4.80cm
, Length: 27.60cm
Weight: 1.950kg
ISBN: 9780415763738
ISBN 10: 0415763738
Pages: 920
Publication Date: 31 July 2015
Audience:
College/higher education
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General/trade
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
The Encyclopedia is a thorough, well-researched and for the most part impressive collection of notes on the who, what, where, why, and when of lesbians...The cross-cultural entries are some of the best I've seen in a project of this nature. For those entries alone, the Encyclopedia would be a fruitful addition to any home. -- Girlfriends Thumbs up Zimmerman...Fills a growing need for extended treatment of issues relevant to the histories and culture of lesbians and gay men. -- Booklist ...nothing short of a landmark publication...richly deserves to reach a wide audience of scholars and students as well as the general readers interested in lesbian studies and history...great value for all libraries. -- Choice Magazine ...fine scholarly works that belong in the reference section of every library. -- Library Journal
"""The Encyclopedia is a thorough, well-researched and for the most part impressive collection of notes on the who, what, where, why, and when of lesbians...The cross-cultural entries are some of the best I've seen in a project of this nature. For those entries alone, the Encyclopedia would be a fruitful addition to any home."" -- Girlfriends ""Thumbs up Zimmerman...Fills a growing need for extended treatment of issues relevant to the histories and culture of lesbians and gay men."" -- Booklist ""...nothing short of a landmark publication...richly deserves to reach a wide audience of scholars and students as well as the general readers interested in lesbian studies and history...great value for all libraries."" -- Choice Magazine ""...fine scholarly works that belong in the reference section of every library."" -- Library Journal"
""The Encyclopedia is a thorough, well-researched and for the most part impressive collection of notes on the who, what, where, why, and when of lesbians...The cross-cultural entries are some of the best I've seen in a project of this nature. For those entries alone, the Encyclopedia would be a fruitful addition to any home."" -- Girlfriends ""Thumbs up Zimmerman...Fills a growing need for extended treatment of issues relevant to the histories and culture of lesbians and gay men."" -- Booklist ""...nothing short of a landmark publication...richly deserves to reach a wide audience of scholars and students as well as the general readers interested in lesbian studies and history...great value for all libraries."" -- Choice Magazine ""...fine scholarly works that belong in the reference section of every library."" -- Library Journal
Author Information
Bonnie Zimmerman is professor of women's studies at SanDiego State University. She received her Ph.D. in Englishfrom SUNY Buffalo, where she became part of the firstgeneration to work in women's studies. She is the authorof The Safe Sea of Women: Lesbian Fiction, 1969-1989 (1990), which won the Lambda Literary Award.
