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Author:   Esther D Rothblum (San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA) ,  Jacqueline Weinstock (Univ Of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.500kg
ISBN:  

9781560232834

ISBN 10:   1560232838
Pages:   268
Publication Date:   12 November 2004
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION Lesbian Ex-Lover Relationships: Under-Estimated, Under-Theorized and Under-Valued? (Jacqueline S. Weinstock) THE CHANGER AND THE CHANGED: EX-LOVERS AS CONTEXTS FOR DEVELOPMENT To All the Girls I Left Before (Alison Bechdel) Tenth Anniversary (Jill Stranger) Coming Out of My Closet (Barbara Brown) In My Dream: My Ex-Lovers’ Unconventional Convention (Pat Pomerleau Chávez) These Most Difficult Tasks (Karen Heise) Passion (Marilyn Lee) MOVING COSTS: CHALLENGES OF (RE)DEFINING OUR RELATIONSHIPS AND DEALING WITH UNFINISHED BUSINESS Still the One (Susan McCully) Loading Up the U-Haul: Traveling the Spaces Between Friends and Lovers (Tammie M. Kennedy) Daring to Take the Risk (Myra Betschild and Adrienne Fortanier) Family Affairs (L. J. Tess Tessier) Highly Favored Ex (Gina Perille) For Emily, Many Years Too Late/Years Later, in Another City, I Still Think of Her (Renny Christopher) TOO MUCH TSORAS? THE HIGH COSTS OF MAINTAINING TIES Truth, Dreams and the Li(v)es Between (Marilyn Lee) Temporary Temptation (Cecilia Stanton) Lost Love (Renny Christopher) Neurotic Love Letters (tatiana de la tierra) Goodbye to My Lover (Michelle Gibson) Leaving Liza (Jane Futcher) Lesbian Ex-Lovers by the Numbers: A Reflective but Not Contemplative Love Poem of Sorts (Dr. Dyke) NOT LOVERS BUT NOT JUST FRIENDS: RECONSTRUCTING FAMILIES, FRIENDSHIPS, AND COMMUNITIES PERSONAL STORIES I’m Not Lisa (Kate Brown) The House on Transcript Avenue (Bernadette Barton) The Politics of Potlucks (Barbara Esrig) Family Doggerel (Becky Thacker) The Visit (Marilyn Lee) Irritating and Constricting/Elating and ElasticBeing Ex as a Lesbian (Fe Day) THEORETICAL REFLECTIONS Consummated Friends and Ex-Wives: Two Types of Lesbian Ex-Lovers (Tabitha Eden) When Three’s a Crowd: Ex-Lovers and Lesbian Families in 2 Girls in Love (Kelly McWilliam) Making the Transition: Understanding the Longevity of Lesbian Relationships (Susan B. Fitzgerald) Lesbian FLEX-ibility: Friend and/or Family Connections Among Lesbian Ex-Lovers (Jacqueline S. Weinstock) AFTERWORD The Migration of the Mythic Lesbian (Marny Hall) Index

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Very Interesting And Compelling...The stories and poems speak to great resilience, friendship, and strength among women while also addressing why some relationships should not, and cannot be mended.

"""Very Interesting And Compelling...The stories and poems speak to great resilience, friendship, and strength among women while also addressing why some relationships should not, and cannot be mended."""

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