Lesbian Rule: Cultural Criticism and the Value of Desire

by Amy Villarejo and Villarejo

With hair slicked back and shirt collar framing her young patrician face, Katherine Hepburn's image in the 1935 film Sylvia Scarlett was seen by many as a lesbian representation. Yet, Amy Villarejo argues, there is no final ground upon which to explain why that image of Hepburn signifies lesbian or why such a cross-dressing Hollywood fantasy edges into collective consciousness as a lesbian narrative. Investigating what allows viewers to perceive an...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822331926
• ISBN13: 9780822331926
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 8.7"