Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community by Kennedy, Elizabeth Lapovsky

Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community

Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold traces the evolution of the lesbian community in Buffalo, New York...
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Author: Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy
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Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community by Kennedy, Elizabeth Lapovsky

Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community

$184.78

Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community

$184.78
Author: Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold traces the evolution of the lesbian community in Buffalo, New York from the mid-1930s up to the early 1960s. Drawing upon the oral histories of 45 women, it is the first comprehensive history of a working-class lesbian community. These poignant and complex stories show how black and white working-class lesbians, although living under oppressive circumstances, nevertheless became powerful agents of historical change. Kennedy and Davis provide a unique insider's perspective on butch-fem culture and argue that the roots of gay and lesbian liberation are found specifically in the determined resistance of working-class lesbians.

This 20th anniversary edition republishes the book for a new generation of readers. It includes a new preface in which the authors reflect on where the last 20 years have taken them. For anyone interested in lesbian life during the 1940s and 1950s, or in the dynamics of butch-fem culture, this study remains the one that set the highest standard for all oral histories and ethnographies of lesbian communities anywhere.



Author: Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy, Madeline D. Davis
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 05/27/2014
Pages: 434
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781138785854

About the Author

Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy is Professor Emeritus of Gender and of Women's Studies and English at the University of Arizona, and a pioneer in the field of lesbian history.

Madeline D. Davis is a noted gay rights activist and the founder of the Madeline Davis Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Archives of Western New York.




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