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Lane Hannah - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Something beyond ordinary love : (Re)covering the extraordinary in Compton Mackenzie\u27s Extraordinary Women
UNI ScholarWorks, 2019Co-Authors: Lane HannahAbstract:Compton Mackenzie’s 1928 novel Extraordinary Women has been critically neglected for ninety-one years since its publication. Although explicitly lesbian characters in novels were not a new invention, Mackenzie’s novel addresses Lesbianism at a time when homosexuality was often viewed as dangerous and even seditious. Despite arriving in a literary climate populated by Radclyffe Hall’s The Well of Loneliness and Virginia Woolf’s Orlando both published within the same year, Mackenzie’s novel has never received the same kind of critical attention, often being dismissed out of hand and rarely being mentioned in connection with any kind of British lesbian literary canon. Through a close reading of the novel and the way in which the lesbian characters within the novel embody a variety of the cultural issues at the center of the struggle for the formation of a coherent public identity, I demonstrate that Mackenzie’s novel offers further insight into the formation of a coherent, explicitly British, lesbian sense of public identity in literature. Rather than celebrating the novel as a wholly positive work, which it decidedly is not, I explore the ways in which a satire of Lesbianism offers a new dimension of understanding when it comes to exploring the emergence of a coherent literary lesbian identity. By focusing on sexuality, identity, nationality, and social class, I read the novel as being an important work of lesbian literature that creates a binary structure of what it means to be either a “good” and therefore socially acceptable lesbian, and what it means to be a “bad” and therefore socially outcast lesbian. This binary draws on an understanding of the sociocultural setting that offers new and complicated insight into the changing views of Lesbianism in literature by establishing neither a celebration of the differences in human sexuality or a novel of “lesbian panic” that solely lambasts and derides Lesbianism and homosexuality as a whole. With characters that mirror other stock figures in lesbian literature (the mannish lesbian, the poor young woman seduced to a life of sin and sexual debauchery, the wanton sexual deviant), it becomes clear that the novel may be read as an important precursor to other novels that follow, both in the characters it creates and in the questions of identity that the narrative struggles to answer. Although work on this novel is far from exhausted, this thesis may be read as the beginning to spur further critical work on the novel, and as a call for other critics to take seriously a novel that has been often overlooked but may yet be an object of fruitful study, both through the lens of women, gender, and sexuality studies, and in other fields
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Queer Citizenship: Lesbian and National Identities in Radclyffe Hall\u27s The Well of Loneliness and Compton Mackenzie\u27s Extraordinary Women
UNI ScholarWorks, 2018Co-Authors: Lane HannahAbstract:As World War I had concluded, England was, like many countries, searching for a lost sense of national identity. In the aftermath of a devastating world war, the likes of which had not been seen before, how did the citizens of the nation now identify themselves? To further complicate matters, women’s sexual identities had been drawn into the public light, as obscenity and libel trials had swept the nation, before, during, and after the war itself. How, then, did the emergence of a lesbian identity relate to national identity, in a time when homosexuality was often seen as foreign or seditious? I believe that two seemingly disparate novels may offer answers to this question: Radclyffe Hall’s The Well of Loneliness (1928) and Compton Mackenzie’s Extraordinary Women (1928). By reading the two novels in tandem, and with a specific focus on the characters of Stephen Gordon and Aurora Freemantle, I argue that some forms of and representations of Lesbianism can be seen to be inextricably intertwined with British nationality, through an examination of the mannerisms, adoption and adaptation of traditionally “masculine” roles, and sartorial choices of both characters. Further, parallels may be drawn between the literary lesbian experience and the lived British national experience following the conclusion of World War I, strengthening the idea that Lesbianism and national identity are not mutually exclusive or seditious, and that, by reading both in parallel with each other, we may come to a deeper understanding of the reconciliation between queer identities and national identities
Zamudio Mendocilla, Andrea Selene - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Hallazgos clínicos de hiperandrogenismo en lesbianas de la ciudad de trujillo
Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego - UPAO, 2018Co-Authors: Zamudio Mendocilla, Andrea SeleneAbstract:Objective: To determine that the clinical findings of hyperandrogenism Acne, Alopecia and Hirsutism, are associated with Lesbianism in women of the City of Trujillo. Material and Method: A qualitative, analytical and observational study of a comparative cohort was carried out. The statistical test of proportions of normal distribution was applied, with level of significance of 5%. The study population consisted of 200 women: 100 lesbian women and 100 non-lesbian women aged 18 to 65 years of age in the city of Trujillo, who voluntarily agreed to be part of the study in accordance with the inclusion criteria. Results: The frequency of acne is 21% in lesbian women and 14% in non-lesbian women; the frequency of Alopecia is 10% in lesbian women and 6% in non-lesbian women; the frequency of Hirsutism is 5% in lesbian women and 2% in non-lesbian women, being considered of low statistical significance p> 0.05. Central obesity as an anthropometric indicator is more frequent in lesbian women 49% than in non-lesbian women 19%, with a high statistical significance of p 0.05. La obesidad central como indicador antropométrico es más frecuente en mujeres lesbianas 49% que en mujeres no lesbianas 19%, manifestándose alta significancia estadística p< 0.001. Conclusión: El Acné, la Alopecia y el Hirsutismo no se asocian de forma significativa al Lesbianismo en mujeres de la Ciudad de Trujillo; estos hallazgos son más frecuentes en mujeres lesbianas que en mujeres no lesbianas. La “Obesidad Central es un factor asociado al hiperandrogenismo del Lesbianismo en mujeres de la ciudad de Trujillo; su frecuencia es mayor y significativa en mujeres lesbianas
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Hallazgos clínicos de hiperandrogenismo en lesbianas de la ciudad de Trujillo
Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego - UPAO, 2018Co-Authors: Zamudio Mendocilla, Andrea SeleneAbstract:Objetivo: Determinar que los hallazgos clínicos de hiperandrogenismo Acné, Alopecia e Hirsutismo, se asocian al Lesbianismo en mujeres de la Ciudad de Trujillo. Material y Método: Se llevó a cabo un estudio de tipo cualitativo, analítico y observacional de cohorte comparativo. Se aplicó la prueba estadística de proporciones de distribución normal, con nivel de significancia del 5%. La población de estudio estuvo constituida por 200 mujeres: 100 mujeres lesbianas y 100 mujeres no lesbianas de 18 a 65 años de edad de la ciudad de Trujillo, que voluntariamente aceptaron ser parte del estudio de conformidad a los criterios de inclusión. Resultados: La frecuencia del Acné es 21% en mujeres lesbianas y 14% en no lesbianas; la frecuencia de la Alopecia es 10% en mujeres lesbianas y 6% en no lesbianas; la frecuencia de Hirsutismo es 5% en mujeres lesbianas y 2% en no lesbianas, considerándose de baja significancia estadística p>0.05. La obesidad central como indicador antropométrico es más frecuente en mujeres lesbianas 49% que en mujeres no lesbianas 19%, manifestándose alta significancia estadística p< 0.001. Conclusión: El Acné, la Alopecia y el Hirsutismo no se asocian de forma significativa al Lesbianismo en mujeres de la Ciudad de Trujillo; estos hallazgos son más frecuentes en mujeres lesbianas que en mujeres no lesbianas. La “Obesidad Central es un factor asociado al hiperandrogenismo del Lesbianismo en mujeres de la ciudad de Trujillo; su frecuencia es mayor y significativa en mujeres lesbianas.Objective: To determine that the clinical findings of hyperandrogenism Acne, Alopecia and Hirsutism, are associated with Lesbianism in women of the City of Trujillo. Material and Method: A qualitative, analytical and observational study of a comparative cohort was carried out. The statistical test of proportions of normal distribution was applied, with level of significance of 5%. The study population consisted of 200 women: 100 lesbian women and 100 non-lesbian women aged 18 to 65 years of age in the city of Trujillo, who voluntarily agreed to be part of the study in accordance with the inclusion criteria. Results: The frequency of acne is 21% in lesbian women and 14% in non-lesbian women; the frequency of Alopecia is 10% in lesbian women and 6% in non-lesbian women; the frequency of Hirsutism is 5% in lesbian women and 2% in non-lesbian women, being considered of low statistical significance p> 0.05. Central obesity as an anthropometric indicator is more frequent in lesbian women 49% than in non-lesbian women 19%, with a high statistical significance of p
Julia S Jordanzachery - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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blogging at the intersections black women identity and Lesbianism
Politics & Gender, 2012Co-Authors: Julia S JordanzacheryAbstract:In my recent explorations of black women as subjects in research-length articles that employ intersectionality, I discovered that black women are rarely, if at all, the sole subjects of such research projects (Jordan-Zachery 2011). This analysis focused on articles published, between 1996 and 2010, in two political science journals that are often ranked at the top— American Political Science Review and Journal of Politics (see Garand and Giles, 2003, on the issue of journal ranking). Also included were two political science journals whose central focus is women and politics, generally defined— Journal of Women Politics and Policy and Women & Politics . My analysis was limited to research-length articles with a U.S.-based emphasis. The data suggest the following trends: Research on intersectionality tended to treat black women in a monolithic manner; only a certain group of black women served as research subjects (elected officials dominated the research); and research tended to focus on structural and political intersectionality while ignoring representational intersectionality (Crenshaw 1991).
Linda Silber - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Negotiating sexual identity: Non‐lesbians in a lesbian feminist community
Journal of Sex Research, 1990Co-Authors: Linda SilberAbstract:Lesbian feminist communities present dilemmas for feminists who are involved in these communities yet do not define themselves as lesbians. In this exploratory study of nine non‐lesbian feminists who were involved with a lesbian feminist community in the mid‐1980s, important questions emerge about how to define oneself sexually and how to negotiate sexual identity. The politics of sexual identity is a core issue for these women, as Lesbianism and feminism are entwined in a rhetoric which privileges Lesbianism. On the other hand, the heterosexual world competes for their attention and offers a much less threatening lifestyle and political position. For the most part, these women resist defining themselves solely on the basis of sexual behavior and negotiate their identity depending on the audience or community. Sexual identity for these women is closely tied to overall self‐concept and to the politics of lesbian feminist communities in the mid‐1980s.
Janice G. Raymond - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Putting the Politics Back into Lesbianism
Journal of lesbian studies, 1997Co-Authors: Janice G. RaymondAbstract:Abstract This article contrasts Lesbianism as a political movement to Lesbianism as a lifestyle. It addresses the current emphasis in lesbian circles on “sex as salvation,” and maintains that this emphasis re-sexualizes women and de-politicizes Lesbianism. The liberalism of lesbian lifestylism makes the male-power modes of sexuality, such as s & m, butch-femme, and bondage and domination, sexy for women. In the name of tolerance, difference, and lesbian community, many lesbians are dissuaded from making judgments and opposing such acts. Finally, the article describes the values of a lesbian feminism that has principles, politics, and passion. It proposes a context for what lesbian sexuality might look like rooted in lesbian imagination—not lesbian fantasies.