{"product_id":"womens-barracks-9781558614949","title":"Women's Barracks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis novel--based on the author's real-life experiences--is credited as the first candidly lesbian novel, originally published in 1950, that \"scandalized mid-century America\" (\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs the Blitz rains down over London, taboos are broken, affairs start and stop, and hearts are won and lost. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis account of life among female Free French soldiers in a London barracks during World War II sold four million copies in the United States alone and many more worldwide. \u003cem\u003eWomen's Barracks\u003c\/em\u003e was banned for obscenity in several states and denounced by the House Select Committee on Current Pornographic Materials in 1952 as an example of how the paperback industry was \"promoting moral degeneracy.\" In spite of such efforts--or perhaps, in part, because of them--the novel became a record-breaking bestseller and inspired a whole new genre: lesbian pulp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFemmes Fatales\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Feminist Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781558614949\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.18w x 0.74d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/13\/2005\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tereska Torres","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41334620094645,"sku":"9781558614949","price":11.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d9b2e2be-0e73-442f-9043-0e7ebaa8f70b.jpg?v=1636433680","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/womens-barracks-9781558614949","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}