| LC control no. | sh2012003858 |
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| Topical heading | Butch and femme (Lesbian culture) |
| Variant(s) | Butch-fem (Lesbian culture) Butch-femme (Lesbian culture) Femme-butch (Lesbian culture) Femme and butch (Lesbian culture) |
| See also | Lesbian culture |
| Scope note | Here are entered works on lesbians who assume a masculine or feminine identity or role, which may be manifested in manner or appearance. |
| Found in | Work cat: Loulan, JoAnn. The lesbian erotic dance: butch, femme, androgyny, and other rhythms, c1990. The persistent desire: a femme-butch reader, 1992. Butch/femme: inside lesbian gender, 1998. Encyclopedia of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender history in America, c2004 (femmes and butches; the origin of the terms femme and butch has been traced to working-class lesbian subcultures of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s) Lesbian histories and cultures: an encyclopedia, 2000 (butch-femme, also spelled butch-fem; the butch-femme couple was particularly dominant in the U.S. lesbian community from the 1920s to early 1960s. The butch appears masculine, the femme feminine, paralleling heterosexual categories; but butches and femmes transformed heterosexual elements into a unique lesbian language of sexuality and emotional bonding) Merriam-Webster dictionary (online), viewed July 13, 2012 (butch: notably or deliberately masculine in appearance or manner; also used as a noun; femme (definition 2): a lesbian who is notably or stereotypically feminine in appearance and manner) |
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