02939oam 2200661I 450 991078633460332120231213135227.01-136-07426-01-283-84589-X1-136-07418-X0-203-44650-X10.4324/9780203446508(CKB)2670000000277262(EBL)1074991(OCoLC)821174056(SSID)ssj0000810866(PQKBManifestationID)11427890(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000810866(PQKBWorkID)10833494(PQKB)10544016(MiAaPQ)EBC1074991(Au-PeEL)EBL1074991(CaPaEBR)ebr10628985(CaONFJC)MIL415839(OCoLC)958105691(OCoLC)820723016(FINmELB)ELB134147(EXLCZ)99267000000027726220180331d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEntertaining lesbians celebrity, sexuality, and self-invention /Martha GeverNew York :Routledge,2003.1 online resource (249 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-94480-5 0-415-94479-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-224) and index.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; IndexBefore 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'DonGay people in popular cultureUnited StatesLesbianismUnited StatesCelebritiesUnited StatesGay people in popular cultureLesbianismCelebrities306.76/63/0973Gever Martha1947,1521971MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786334603321Entertaining lesbians3761464UNINA