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The Girls in 3-B (Femmes Fatales: Women Write Pulp)

by Valerie Taylor

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ISBN13: 9781558614628
ISBN10: 1558614621
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Annice, Pat, and Barby are best friends from Iowa, freshly arrived in booming 1950s Chicago to explore different paths toward independence, self--expression, and sexual freedom. From the hip-hang of a bohemian lifestyle to the sophisticated lure of romance with a handsome, wealthy, married boss to the happier security of a lesbian relationship, these three experience firsthand the dangers and limitations of women's economic -reliance on men. Well-known lesbian pulp author Valerie Taylor skillfully paints a sociological portrait of the emotional and economic pitfalls of heterosexuality in 1950s America-and then offers a defiantly subversive alternative. A classic pulp tale showcasing predatory beatnik men, drug hallucinations, and secret lesbian trysts, The Girls in 3-Bapproaches the theme of sex from the stiffened vantage point of 1950s psychology.

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Valerie Taylor is the pen name of Velma Young, born 1913 in Aurora, Illinois. After working as a teacher from 1937 to 1940, she married, had three sons, and then divorced. She began publishing in order to support her children. Whisper Their Love (1957) was her first lesbian novel. She published poetry under the name Nacella Young and romances under the name Francine Davenport. ALisa Walker, associate professor of English at the University of Southern Maine, is the author of Looking Like What You Are: Sexual Style, Race, and Lesbian Identity.

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Vi Blanchard, February 3, 2007 (view all comments by Vi Blanchard)
This little dilly inspired the melodramatic but weirdly progressive cartoon soap opera, "The Girls in Apartment 3G." It's got it all: sordid beatnik drug parties, mop-haired anti-establishment tools, vague father-daughter incest, lesbianism... WHEW! With all the action they've got going on, it's amazing these girls are able to pay the rent. Oh wait. One of them is doing it with the super, so they get a break on their monthly bill. Why waste your time on People Magazine when you can spend an hour with the Girls in 3-B?
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781558614628
Afterword:
Walker, Lisa
Publisher:
Feminist Press
Author:
Taylor, Valerie
Afterword:
Walker, Lisa
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
Man-woman relationships
Subject:
Chicago
Subject:
Lesbians
Subject:
Young women
Subject:
Psychological fiction
Subject:
Lesbian
Subject:
Iowa
Subject:
Working class women
Subject:
Female friendship
Subject:
Women employees.
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Bildungsromans
Subject:
Noir fiction
Subject:
Popular Culture - General
Copyright:
Edition Description:
1st Feminist Press ed.
Series:
Femmes Fatales: Women Write Pulp
Series Volume:
FO 222
Publication Date:
November 2003
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
206
Dimensions:
7.75 x 5 in
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