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A review by allyriadayne
Between Women: Friendship, Desire, and Marriage in Victorian England by Sharon Marcus
3.0
3,5.
A nice, informative book about how victorian women saw other women and how they interacted with each other, as friends, family and lovers (or maybe all three -- it happened). Though, the book is much more dense than it sounds like, and I didn't like that the author took so much space to explain something i.e. how anthropology sees marriage, to then later explain the actual point of the chapter. Like, I'm studying anthropology and I can take it but I see some people might tire.
Anyway, as much as it was informative and interesting all I got was that every woman is a lesbian at heart, including Reggie's mum.
A nice, informative book about how victorian women saw other women and how they interacted with each other, as friends, family and lovers (or maybe all three -- it happened). Though, the book is much more dense than it sounds like, and I didn't like that the author took so much space to explain something i.e. how anthropology sees marriage, to then later explain the actual point of the chapter. Like, I'm studying anthropology and I can take it but I see some people might tire.
Anyway, as much as it was informative and interesting all I got was that every woman is a lesbian at heart, including Reggie's mum.