Strange Sisters the Art of Lesbian Pulp Fiction 1949 ââ“ 1969
I love vintage pulp fiction covers regardless of the subject or sexual persuasion, cool art is cool art. As the dateline in the title suggests, the covers in the book are from the gilt age of sexual taboo'ed novels. Some of the dandy artists that painted these covers are Robert Maguire, Barye Philips, Paul Rader and the king himself, Robert McGinnis. Some of the titles to the books are: Coming Out Party, The Doctor & The Dike, Human Hater, Strumpet's Jungle, The Price Was Perversity, Whisper Their Dear, and other classics of "cliterature". This is a well-researched volume and you'll accept fun ogling the foxy art within.
This is now the but volume that I own and information technology will travel with me from place to place. The subject matter is fascinating, the reproductions of the books covers are bully and I found the author's comments interesting. I especially liked the foreword by Ann Bannon. A very enjoyable history lesson.
It was fascinating to acquire a bit nigh how the queer mass market place paperback market exploded after WWII, and to encounter how the genre flowed into scientific discipline fiction, mystery and nonfiction, as well as erotica and fiction through the l's and 60'due south. Many covers were either indiscernible every bit queer lit, or was overly explicit and verging on pornographic, and would sometimes deal with real-life events, such every bit the Kinsey study or factionalized accounts of transgender people in the news. It was also interesting to acquire about the scattering of known authors today that wrote under assumed names, or "house" publishing pseudonyms in this body of piece of work, too every bit the apply of "twilight," "odd," and "lavender" to queer code these books through their titles. Interesting quick reads for anyone wanting to larn more about the history of queer American culture in broader social club, or queer history in full general.
I read Chris Robinson's copy while I was staying at her house. This book is mostly eye candy. There is a frontward from Ann Bannon (of Beebo Brinker fame) and an introduction by Jaye Zimet, as well as snippets of her commentary nearly some of the covers, just equally the tag line on the front says, this book is focused on the art (primarily the embrace art) of lesbian pulp fiction. There is much cleavage, sexy underwear, and smoldering looks. More hilarious than the visuals are the words on the cover meant to tantalize and catch the reader. Here's a quote from Unnatural: "A vivd and searching novel of forbidden beloved in the twilight world of the 3rd sex activity." And from Reformatory Girls: "They were immature and lonely enough for annihilation." And from Her Raging Needs: "A savage hunger drove her from man to human. Then she fell into the clutches of a perverse woman!" You get the idea. All books illustrated are from Jaye Zimet's personal drove. A nice book to await at and important for collecting images of books that won't last forever, simply not exactly deep or probing writing.
Some other collection of lurid pulp fiction paperback cover art. Nice forwards by Ann Bannion - author of more than than a few of the books represented in this drove - which focuses on the incongruity of the covers vs. the content of the books. Jay Zimet's introduction picks upwards on Bannion's theme but also essays some semiotic readings of the covers, noting, for instance, the typical portrayals of butch vs. femme. The 200 covers in the collection are divided into categories such equally "Women Solitary," "Foreign Sisters," "Psycho-Babble," "Dangerous Desires," etc., and each category has a brief paragraph introducing the category. Each of the covers is accompanied with information of the publisher, publication date, author and painter when known, plus occasional editorial comments. Has a good bibliography of resources and a complete alphabetize of titles and authors.
If you are going to practise a book about covers of something, this is basically the way to do it. The book has a regular introduction and a foreword. Each section of the volume has its own short intro. There are numerous photos of pulp covers of lesbian novels, and each one of these has some information added underneath the photo. All of these together make this a very excellent reference source. The photos are also large enough to be easily viewable, some other positive indicate in the books favor. Overall a must resource for anyone interested in lesbian-related writing during the time period of 1949 through 1969.
This book is a fantastic catalog of lesbian pulp novels from 1949-1969. Zimet does non only displays encompass fine art of the novels, only also proivides insight into the politics of publication, the tropes that plagued both the stories and covers of the genre, and addresses the male gaze. I used this volume as a kind of bibliography for a paper I wrote nigh the subject and it was an incredibly valuable resource.
This book is an interesting collection of various lesbian pulp fiction covers from the 1950s and 1960s. The foreword is by Ann Bannon, the "queen of lesbian pulp," and quotes from the various books showcased in this book are sprinkled throughout. There's also a small list of resource for those who are interested in collecting such books.
Good commentary, excellent selection, and awesome foreword! I liked the little blurbs under each cover. Some of the variations of the same story (aka: the original edition + republications' covers) were not as interesting since they were like, but was fun overall.
This volume is hilarious. Not a whole lot of reading, more than of a java table book.
Hilarious captions and a kicking ass introduction from Ann Bannon virtually how publishing companies pushed for covers that would interest men despite a mostly female person readership of lesbian pulp.
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