Citizen, Invert, Queer: Lesbianism and War in Early Twentieth-Century Britain

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In late nineteenth-century England, "mannish" women were considered socially deviant but not homosexual. A half-century later, such masculinity equaled lesbianism in the public imagination. How did this shift occur Citizen, Invert, Queer illustrates that the equation of female masculinity with female homosexuality is a relatively recent phenomenon, a result of changes in national and racial as well as sexual discourses in early twentieth-century public culture.

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Deborah Cohler is associate professor of women and gender studies at San Francisco State University.