Novel Approaches to Lesbian History

Linda Garber is the author of Identity Poetics: Race, Class, and the Lesbian-Feminist Roots of Queer Theory and Lesbian Sources: A Bibliography of Periodical Articles, and the editor of Tilting the Tower: Lesbians / Teaching / Queer Subjects.  She is Associate Professor of Women's and Gender Studies at Santa Clara University, USA.

• Chapter One. Who Knows, Who Cares, and Why Bother.- Chapter Two. H(a)unting the Archives.- Chapter Three. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Lesbian Sex* *But Only in Historical Fiction.- Chapter Four. Tomboys and Indians.- Chapter Five. Unsafe Seas for Women.- Chapter Six. The Usual Suspects.- Epilogue: Failing That, Invent.

“Garber presents a volume that serves the lesbian reader and writer with an extensive map of the popular genre of lesbian historical fiction. … this cutting-edge volume contributes a fundamental tool for present and future lesbian researchers and readers, proving Garber’s status as an unquestionable figure in the genealogy of lesbian writers and critics.” (Sandra Baena-Velázquez, Journal of Lesbian Studies, February 13, 2023)