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Violence and desire in Brazilian lesbian relationships /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Allen, Andrea Stevenson (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Subjects:
Lesbians > Brazil > Salvador > Social conditions.
Lesbian partner abuse > Brazil > Salvador.
Women > Violence against > Brazil > Salvador.
Lesbian partner abuse.
Lesbians > Social conditions.
Women > Violence against.
Brazil > Salvador.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : "We are phantasms" : lesbian and entendida women in Brazil
  • Life in Brazil, life in Salvador
  • City of invisible women
  • Phantasmal sexualities and erotic embodiment
  • Violence, passion, and power : a love story
  • Intimate partner violence, government intervention, and civil society
  • Conclusion : At the gates of Nineveh.