`They wonder to which sex I belong'; The historical roots of the modern lesbian identity.

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  • Author(s): Vicinus, Martha
  • Source:
    Feminist Studies. Fall92, Vol. 18 Issue 3, p467. 31p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      LESBIAN history
    • Abstract:
      Examines the major difficulties historians face in reconstructing the history of the lesbian. Lesbian identity; Parameters of lesbian histiography; Areas of research; Roles in lesbian relationships; Seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; Transvestites; Nineteenth and twentieth centuries; Changes in same-sex relationships; Lesbian lovemaking; Dependence on male theory of sexuality; Dual image of lesbian.