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The Girls in 3-B (Femmes Fatales)

The Feminist Press at CUNY
Valerie Taylor, Tania Modleski
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Pages
256 pp.
Language
English
Publisher
The Feminist Press at CUNY
Published
2003-11-01
Year
2003
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9781558614567
Dimensions
13.21 × 1.78 × 20.57 cm
Written by
Valerie Taylor and Tania Modleski

This classic pulp novel about three young women who leave behind their small-town roots for the big city is "a remarkable slice of bohemia from the 1950s" and a "wondrous tale of love, lesbianism, poetry, and sex" (Jack Halberstam).

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.

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-B approaches the theme of sex from the stiffened vantage point of 1950s psychology.

Femmes Fatales restores to print the best of women’s writing in the classic pulp genres of the mid-20th century. From mystery to hard-boiled noir to taboo lesbian romance, these rediscovered queens of pulp offer subversive perspectives on a turbulent era.

Title
The Girls in 3-B (Femmes Fatales)
Author
Valerie Taylor, Tania Modleski
Publisher
The Feminist Press at CUNY
Published
2003-11-01
Availability
In stock
Language
English
Pages
256 pp.
Binding
Paperback
ISBN-13
9781558614567
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