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Lesbian pulp fiction refers to any mid-20th century paperback novel or pulp magazine with overtly lesbian themes and content. Lesbian pulp fiction was published in the 1950s and 60s by many of the same paperback publishing houses that other genres of fiction including westerns, romances, and detective fiction. Because very little other literature was available for and about lesbians at this time, quite often these books were the only reference the public (lesbian and otherwise) had for modeling what lesbians were. Stephanie Foote, from the University of Illinois commented on the importance of lesbian pulp novels to the lesbian identity prior to feminism: "Pulps have been understood as signs of a secret history of readers, and they have been valued because they have been read. The more they are read, the more they are valued, and the more they are read, the closer the relationship between the very act of circulation and reading and the construction of a lesbian community becomes...Characters use the reading of novels as a way to understand that they are not alone."〔Foote, Stephanie. "Deviant Classics: Pulps and the Making of Lesbian Print Culture." ''Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society'' 2005, vol. 31, no. 1.〕 These books were sold at drugstores, magazine stands, bus terminals and other places where one might look to purchase cheap, consumable entertainment. The books were small enough to fit in a purse or back pocket (hence both the brand-name and the generalized term "pocket books") and cheap enough to throw away when the reader was through with it. ==Development of the genre== In the early to mid 20th century, only a handful of books were published that addressed lesbians as characters in relationships with women. Those notable novels were published in hardback and were as follows: *''We Too Are Drifting'' (1935) Gale Wilhelm, Random House *''Pity for Women'' (1937) Helen Anderson, Doubleday *''Torchlight To Valhalla'' (1938, later titled ''The Strange Path'' when reissued in paper in 1953) Gale Wilhem, 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lesbian pulp fiction」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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