Lesbian Ex-lovers: The Really Long-Term Relationships
Author(s): Esther D Rothblum , Jacqueline S Weinstock
Lesbian and Bi Female Relationships
Lesbian Ex-Lovers: The Really Long-Term Relationships examines the need for the development of better understanding and more critical analysis of lesbian ex-lover relationships. This eye-opening look into the minds and hearts of women offers personal insight into the possibilities for and potential pitfalls of lesbian ex-lover relations. This book contains personal stories, fictional accounts, poetry, and theoretical analyses of the frequency and significance of ex-lovers at different stages in a relationship.
Topics of interest in Lesbian Ex-Lovers include:
- the roles ex-lovers play in our lives
- ex-lovers as contexts for change and development
- how we continue to be influenced by ex-lovers
- letting go and moving on
- ex-lovers as current friends and family
- themes of betrayal and loss of faith
- reconstructing friendships and community
- the mystique of the ex-lover friend/family
- connections among lesbian ex-lovers
"Rather than totally scrap a relationship, we recycle it-from lover to ex-lover to friend in a relatively short half-life."
Lesbian Ex-Lovers is the only book in print that explores how a lesbian's ex-lovers impact her subsequent romances and lifestyle. This special collection adds a new dynamic to the current literature for and about the lesbian community.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Harrington Park Press
- : Harrington Park Press
- : 01 April 2008
- : 01 January 2019
- : books
Special Fields
- : 268
- : Paperback
- : Esther D Rothblum , Jacqueline S Weinstock