Sex Variant Woman: The Life of Jeanette Howard Foster

by Joanne E. Passet

Jeannette Howard Foster was to lesbianism in the mid-twentieth century what out authors such as Gore Vidal and James Baldwin were to gay men. She unapologetically blew the lid off Cold War sexual repression in 1956 with her Sex Variant Women in Literature -the first-ever study of homosexual, bisexual, and cross-dressing characters appearing in more than 300 works, from ancient times to the present. Joanne Passet's Sex Variant Woman is a fascinating...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786718226
• ISBN13: 9780786718221
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 353 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Sex Variant Women

Good book from what I've been told. Didn't buy the book for myself. Arrived sooner than expected and was packaged well. Book was in good condition. Recommend the seller.