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Compulsory heterosexuality and lesbian existence

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Onlywomen Press, 1980 - Psychology - 32 pages

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User Review  - Bucket - Goodreads

this is not rich's most coherent piece of writing. the ideas are solid, but the language is dense and everything's all jumbled up. if she hadn't restated her thesis half way through, i would have ... Read full review

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About the author (1980)

Adrienne Rich has published more than sixteen volumes of poetry & four nonfiction prose books, & is the recipient of numerous awards & prizes. She lives in Santa Cruz, California.

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TitleCompulsory heterosexuality and lesbian existence
AuthorAdrienne Cecile Rich
Editionreprint
PublisherOnlywomen Press, 1980
Original fromIndiana University
Digitized4 Mar 2010
ISBN0906500079, 9780906500071
Length32 pages
Subjects › 

Feminism
Heterosexuality
Lesbianism
Psychology / Human Sexuality
Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory
Social Science / Lesbian Studies
  
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