Drastic Dykes and Accidental Activists: Queer Women in the Urban South

Author/Contributor(s):	Mims, La Shonda
Publisher:	University of North Carolina Press
Date:	12/06/2022
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

"After World War II, Atlanta and Charlotte emerged as leading urban centers in the South, redefining the region through their competing metropolitan identities. Both cities also served as home to queer communities who defined themselves in accordance with their urban surroundings and profited to varying degrees from the emphasis on economic growth. Uniting southern women's history with urban history, La Shonda Mims considers an imaginatively constructed archive including feminist newsletters and queer bar guides alongside sources revealing corporate boosterism and political rhetoric to explore the complex nature of lesbian life in the South"--