A Restricted Country

by Joan Nestle

Overview

A proud working class woman, an "out" lesbian long before the Rainbow revolution, Joan Nestle has stood at the forefront of American freedom struggles from the McCarthy era to the present day. Available for the first time in years, this revised classic collection of personal essays offers an intimate account of the lesbian, feminist, and civil rights movements.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781573448109
Publisher:	Start Publishing Llc
Publication date:	01/02/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	200
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Joan Nestle is the author of A Fragile Union: New and Selected Writings. She is cofounder of the Lesbian Herstory Archives in New York City, where she lives.Tristan Taormino is an American feminist author, columnist, sex educator, activist, editor, speaker, radio host, and pornographic film director.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	IX
	Preface to the First Edition	XV
	I Am	1
	Liberties Not Taken	3
	The Killing Air	10
	A Restricted Country	18
	The Bathroom Line	26
	Esther's Story	29
	Lesbian Memories 1: Riis Park, 1960	35
	This Huge Light of Yours	38
	Lesbian Memories 2: The Lower East Side, 1966	59
	Mara's Room	62
	Stone Butch, Drag Butch, Baby Butch	66
	Two Women: Regina Nestle, 1910-1978, and Her Daughter, Joan, 1940-	70
	Butch--Femme Relationships: Sexual Courage in the 1950s	92
	Voices from Lesbian Herstory	103
	My Mother Liked to Fuck	114
	Some Understandings	118
	The Gift of Taking	122
	A Change of Life	127
	A Different Place	130
	The Three	135
	My History with Censorship	140
	Lesbian Memories 3: A Night with Emma, 1986	147
	Play, My Darling, Play	149
	Margaret	151
	Lesbians and Prostitutes: An Historical Sisterhood	154
	When the Lions Write History	176
	Hope	187