LGBTQ Scholarship and Lesbian Feminist Thought, Complete Early Run of the Journal of Lesbian Studies, 1997–2000

Journal of Lesbian Studies

Archive

Journal of Lesbian Studies, published between 1997 and 2000, documents the institutionalization of lesbian studies and queer feminist scholarship within late twentieth-century academic publishing. Founded in 1997, the journal created an interdisciplinary forum examining lesbian history, identity, sexuality, politics, health, media representation, literature, labor, geography, and cultural production while maintaining explicit connections to grassroots lesbian activism and feminist organizing. The publication reflects the expansion of LGBTQ studies within universities during the 1990s and illustrates how lesbian scholars and writers developed dedicated intellectual spaces addressing issues often marginalized within both mainstream academia and broader feminist discourse. Through peer-reviewed essays, theoretical debates, editorials, poetry, and reviews, the journal provides primary-source evidence for the study of lesbian feminist thought, queer theory, sexuality studies, and the development of LGBTQ academic institutions at the turn of the twenty-first century.
Binghamton, New York: The Haworth Press, 1997–2000. Archive of 16 issues in 13 volumes comprising an unbroken run of the journal’s first four years of publication. Published quarterly. [1] Journal of Lesbian Studies. Vol. 1, No. 1. 1997. 145 pages. First issue published following the founding of the journal. Includes Margaret Schneider’s “Sappho Was Right-On Adolescent: Growing Up Lesbian.” [2] Journal of Lesbian Studies. Vol. 1, No. 2. 1997. 286 pages. Special issue: “Classics in Lesbian Studies, Part II,” including Lillian Faderman’s “Who Hid Lesbian History.” [3] Journal of Lesbian Studies. Vol. 1, No. 3/4. 1997. 194 pages. Includes Sheila Jeffreys’s “Transgender Activism: A Lesbian Feminist Perspective.” [4] Journal of Lesbian Studies. Vol. 2, No. 1. 1998. 110 pages. Special issue: “Gateways to Improving Lesbian Health and Healthcare.” [5] Journal of Lesbian Studies. Vol. 2, No. 2/3. 1998. 238 pages. Special issue: “Acts of Passion: Sexuality, Gender, and Performance.” [6] Journal of Lesbian Studies. Vol. 2, No. 4. 1998. 132 pages. Special issue: “Living ‘Difference’: Lesbian Perspectives on Work and Family Life.” [7] Journal of Lesbian Studies. Vol. 3, No. 1/2. 1999. 258 pages. “The Lesbian Polyamory Reader: Open Relationships, Non-Monogamy, and Casual Sex,” edited by Marcia Munson and Judith Stelboum. [8] Journal of Lesbian Studies. Vol. 3, No. 3. 1999. 155 pages. Includes Dawn Atkins’s “Lesbian Sex Scandals: Sexual Practices, Identities, and Politics.” [9] Journal of Lesbian Studies. Vol. 3, No. 4. 1999. 161 pages. Special issue: “Lesbians, Levis, and Lipstick: The Meaning of Beauty in Our Lives.” [10] Journal of Lesbian Studies. Vol. 4, No. 1. 2000. 174 pages. Includes Gill Valentine’s “From Nowhere to Everywhere: Lesbian Geographies.” [11] Journal of Lesbian Studies. Vol. 4, No. 2. 2000. 173 pages. Includes Gabriele Griffin’s “‘Romancing the Margins’?: Lesbian Writing in the 1990s.” [12] Journal of Lesbian Studies. Vol. 4, No. 3. 2000. 143 pages. Includes Mary Eichbauer’s “Imagining a Life: Natalie Clifford Barney.” [13] Journal of Lesbian Studies. Vol. 4, No. 4. 2000. 164 pages. Special issue: “Lesbian Self-Writing: The Embodiment of Experience.”
Published during a formative period in the consolidation of LGBTQ and queer studies within higher education, the journal reflects expanding scholarly attention to lesbian identity, sexuality, race, health, geography, and feminist politics. The breadth of contributors from the United States, Canada, and Europe demonstrates the increasingly international scope of lesbian scholarship during the late twentieth century, while the range of themes addressed across the archive documents major debates within queer theory and lesbian feminist discourse at the time. Minor handling wear throughout. Overall very good condition. Substantial early archive of one of the foundational academic journals dedicated specifically to lesbian studies and queer feminist scholarship.

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