1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996387962003316

Titolo

The counterfeit constable, or, The wicked watch [[electronic resource] ] : Being a full and perfect relation how some persons pretending themselves to be a constable and his watch, did enter into several houses, and rob'd the people of great sums of money and goods. As also how the said persons were at last apprehended, and after a long time reamining in goal, sentenced the last sessions to dye, but ... a reprieve was granted, and they brought back from Tiborn, the 6th. of March, 1673/4 .

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[London], : Printed for M.S., in the Year, 1674

Descrizione fisica

7 p

Soggetti

Impersonating an officer - England - London

Robbery - England - London

Trials (Robbery) - England - London

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Place of publication from Wing (2nd ed.).

Reproduction of original in: British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910969863703321

Autore

Gever Martha <1947->

Titolo

Entertaining lesbians : celebrity, sexuality, and self-invention / / Martha Gever

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2003

New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-136-07426-0

1-283-84589-X

1-136-07418-X

0-203-44650-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Disciplina

306.76/63/0973

Soggetti

Gay people in popular culture - United States

Lesbianism - United States

Celebrities - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-224) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Celebrity Talk, Lesbian Style; 2 Visibility now! The Sexual Politics of Seeing; 3 Celestial Configurations: Aspects of Lesbian Stardom; 4 Going Public: Star Wars in the Liberation Movements; 5 In Retrospect: Legends of Mercedes de Acosta and Company; 6 Popular Mechanics: Advanced Technologies of Lesbian Celebrity; 7 Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Before the rise of celebrities like Ellen DeGeneres and k.d. lang, lesbians were rarely in the limelight and the few that were often did not fare well.  Times have changed and today's famous lesbians are popular icons. Entertaining Lesbians charts the rise of lesbians in the public eye, proposing that celebrity has never been a simple matter of opening closet doors, portraying ""positive images,"" or becoming ""role models.""  Gever traces the history of lesbians in popular culture during the twentieth century, from Radclyffe Hall and Greta Garbo to Martina Navratilova and Rosie O'Don