lesbian realities / lesbian fictions in contemporary spain

• lesbian cultures and identities in modern Spain
• key international scholars
• realities of lesbian lives
• construction of spanish lesbian identity through language and media
• carme riera, lola van guardia, flavia company
• lesbian invisibility and visibility

editors: vosburg & collins

 

the lesbian premodern

• female same-sex desire and identity in pre-modern cultures
• theories and histories of lesbian sexuality
• key queer scholars in lesbian studies and queer theory
• medieval and early modern sexualities
• transhistorical sexuality studies between then and now
• women’s same-sex desire across history

editors: giffney, sauer & watt

 

lesbians and work: the advantages and disadvantages of comfortable shoes

• differences and similarities between lesbians in careers throughout the world
• lesbian women’s working lives
• lesbians responding to workplace heteronormativity
• international perspectives on lesbians and work
• managing sexual diversity in the workplace
• addressing sexual prejudice

editor: brand

 

lesbians in east asia: diversity, identities and resistance

• same-sex relationships in east asia
• research into lesbianism in hong kong, china, japan and korea
• lesbian rights and feminism
• gender inequality and discrimination
• identity politics
• conflicting ideas between feminists and lesbians

editors: khor & kamano