Lesbian Scandal and the Culture of Modernism

Before lesbianism became a specific identity category in the West, its mere suggestion functioned as a powerful source of scandal in early twentieth-century British and Anglo-American culture. Reconsidering notions of the ''invisible'' or ''apparitional'' lesbian, Jodie Medd argues that lesbianism''s representational instability, and the scandals it generated, rendered it an influential force with...