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Sapphistries: A Global History of Love Between Women by Leila J. Rupp
2 reviews
desarroi's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
A more in-depth look at historical representations of Sapphic love and sexuality from many cultures that considers all female individuals, including those who may have considered themselves transmasculine or non-binary should they have been alive today.
Rupp has assembled a fantastic collection of texts, art, and other forms of proof that Sapphic love has always existed and thrived regardless of patriarchal erasure, pathologization, and moral-oriented demonization. This text also compares the differences in how female same-sex love was treated [read devalued] in contrast to male same-sex love. There are too many reasons to read this book.
Rupp has assembled a fantastic collection of texts, art, and other forms of proof that Sapphic love has always existed and thrived regardless of patriarchal erasure, pathologization, and moral-oriented demonization. This text also compares the differences in how female same-sex love was treated [read devalued] in contrast to male same-sex love. There are too many reasons to read this book.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Homophobia, Sexism, Lesbophobia, Violence, Sexual content, Rape, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, and Sexual violence
FGMnessynoname's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
4.75
I adore this book. As WLW myself it was so mind-expanding and hopeful reading about the history of love between women all around the world and from all different time periods. I have only a slight aptitude for reading non-fiction books but I read this one all the way through, such was my consistent interest in the topic. Much of the book is organized around the presentation of anecdotes about historical WLW and while not really conveyed as a narrative you still get a sense that you're being told stories about lots of different everyday people throughout history.
Special interest is payed to explaining and examining historical attitudes and vocabulary on the topic, making effort to explain the nuance of how such relationships were viewed in their own time by the people practicing them and the people viewing them.
As one might expect from an academic book about queer people throughout history, there is discussion of homophobia and homophobic violence/persecution, as well as frank discussion of sexuality and sexual context. There is a wealth of other interesting information presented in this book that causes those things not to overshadow the topic too badly.
If you have interest in academic queer studies, world history, anthropology or sociology, I very highly recommend this book.
Special interest is payed to explaining and examining historical attitudes and vocabulary on the topic, making effort to explain the nuance of how such relationships were viewed in their own time by the people practicing them and the people viewing them.
As one might expect from an academic book about queer people throughout history, there is discussion of homophobia and homophobic violence/persecution, as well as frank discussion of sexuality and sexual context. There is a wealth of other interesting information presented in this book that causes those things not to overshadow the topic too badly.
If you have interest in academic queer studies, world history, anthropology or sociology, I very highly recommend this book.
Content Warnings
Minor: Biphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Outing, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Transphobia
All content warnings are featured and discussed in an academic way.
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