print email comment close Women in the Shadows: Lesbian Pulp Fiction Collection URL: http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/bingham/guides/lesbianpulp/ Description: This site chronicles some of the classic lesbian pulp fiction contained in the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture at Duke University. These paperbacks were popular in the 1950s and early 1960s. The site provides historical backgrounds, plot summaries, cover art, and additional reading lists. One technical inaccuracy: the movie "Desert Hearts" was based on a novel by noted author Jane Rule, not on a pulp. Author: McClamon, Maureen Publisher: Duke University Libraries Extra Keywords book novel Library of Congress Subject Headings: Lesbians in literature Pulp literature LII Database Information: Record 11792 created by Joan Annsfire on 12/20/2001 Last modification on 02/19/2007 Published: 12/20/2001   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/11792