LEADER 02863oam 2200637I 450 001 9910461988203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-84589-X 010 $a1-136-07418-X 010 $a0-203-44650-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203446508 035 $a(CKB)2670000000277262 035 $a(EBL)1074991 035 $a(OCoLC)821174056 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000810866 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11427890 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000810866 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10833494 035 $a(PQKB)10544016 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1074991 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1074991 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10628985 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL415839 035 $a(OCoLC)958105691 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000277262 100 $a20180331d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEntertaining lesbians $ecelebrity, sexuality, and self-invention /$fMartha Gever 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2003. 215 $a1 online resource (249 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-94480-5 311 $a0-415-94479-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 213-224) and index. 327 $aCover; 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 330 $aBefore 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 606 $aGays in popular culture$zUnited States 606 $aLesbianism$zUnited States 606 $aCelebrities$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aGays in popular culture 615 0$aLesbianism 615 0$aCelebrities 676 $a306.76/63/0973 700 $aGever$b Martha$f1947,$0991150 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461988203321 996 $aEntertaining lesbians$92268166 997 $aUNINA