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The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 201 – Researching the Origins of Lesbian Myths, Legends, and Symbols

Episode 201 Published 5 years, 4 months ago

Researching the Origins of Lesbian Myths, Legends, and Symbols The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 201 with Heather Rose Jones

In this episode we talk about:

The process of investigating “popular history” about lesbian symbols and myths
The following are only some of the sources mentioned in the podcast. If listeners have questions about anything not included here, drop a comment on the transcript over on the blog. I stand behind my sources!
LHMP #215 - Bennett, Betty T. 1991. Mary Diana Dods: A Gentleman and a Scholar. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. ISBN 0-8018-4984-5
”Charlemagne’s Cheese: a study in the un/reliability of sources” by Heather Rose Jones
LHMP #122 - Lardinois, André. “Lesbian Sappho and Sappho of Lesbos” in Bremmer, Jan. 1989. From Sappho to de Sade: Moments in the History of Sexuality. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-02089-1
“Violets and Vandamm” by Barbara Cohen-Stratyner
Burford, E.J. 1986. Wits, Wenchers and Wantons - London’s Low Life: Covent Garden in the Eighteenth Century. Robert Hale, London. ISBN 0-7090-2629-3
Game of Flats (blog tag)
Linnane, Fergus. 2005. Madams: Bawds & Brothel-Keepers of London. The History Press. ISBN 9780752473383
Ackroyd, Peter. 2018. Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day. Abrams Press, New York.
Arnold, Catherine. 2010. City of Sin: London and its Vices. Simon & Schuster.
Harris’s List of Covent-Garden Ladies
Murphy, Colin. 2018. Fierce History: 5000 years of startling stories from Ireland and around the globe. The O’Brien Press.

Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online

Links to Heather Online