Sex and Sensibility: Stories of a Lesbian Generation. (book reviews)
Social Forces, June, 1998 by Ponticelli, Christy M.
By Arlene Stein. University of California Press, 1997. 256 pp. Cloth, $45.00; paper, $16.95.
Reviewer: CHRISTY M. PONTICELLI, University of South Florida
In keeping with Karl Marx's belief that "man" created history, though not always as "he" would like it, Arlene Stein proposes that the same is true of sexual identities. In Sex and Sensibility, she documents how lesbian identities have changed from the 1970s to current day. As evidence, Stem uses data from 31 interviews with lesbians born between 1945 and 1961, and ten with lesbians born between the late 1960s and the late 1970s. With these samples, Stem can analyze the evolution of lesbian identities in relation to the cultural events. In particular, she finds the feminist and gay liberation movements to...
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