Redefining the Self: Coming Out As LesbianISBN: 978-0-7456-1129-7
Paperback
256 pages
January 1991, Polity
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The author focuses more upon the isolated lesbian, rather than upon
political lesbianism. Coming out is seen to be a complex and
emotional process, but one that is potentially highly rewarding.
Lesbians, Markowe shows, have to struggle with both their
'invisibility' in the predominantly heterosexual culture, but also
with perceptions of threat and abnormality. Coming out to family
and heterosexual friends involves risks and benefits. Case studies
of lesbian women are discussed in the context of the threat to, and
reconstruction of, identity which the coming-out process
presumes.
This book will be of interest to second year undergraduates and
above working in the fields of women's studies, social psychology
and the psychology or sociology of gender.