Lesbian Ex-Lovers: The Really Long-Term Relationships

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Esther D Rothblum (San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA) Jacqueline Weinstock (Univ Of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA)

Lesbian Ex-Lovers

The Really Long-Term Relationships

Esther D Rothblum (San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA), Jacqueline Weinstock (Univ Of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA)

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Routledge
12 November 2004

We have earned a certain place in each other's lives, and in the best of times we can rest on what we have made together. 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. Lesbian Ex-Lovers offers advice, anecdotes, and interpretations from such authors, poetesses, and artists as:

Michelle Gibson, PhD educator and editor of Femme/Butch: New Considerations of the Way We Want to Go

who says goodbye to her lover in a sad, passionate elegy

Marny Hall Psychotherapist, editor of the anthology Sexualities, and author of several books, including The Lavender Couch: A Consumer's Guide to Psychotherapy for Lesbians and Gay Men who muses on the unique bonding between lesbians and their ex-lovers, lending a mystique that surrounds the lesbian lifestyle

Alison Bechdel creator of the comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For who presents a humorous comic strip thanking her former lovers for teaching her about herself

Jane Futcher newspaper reporter and author of three novels who uses a chapter in her novel to illustrate the tensions that can occur when ex-lovers choose to remain friends, especially when those bonds provoke jealousy in both current and ex-lovers

Renny Christopher educator and award-winning poetess who expresses her love, loss, and regret in three poems about her ex-lover

and much more!

By: Esther D Rothblum (San Diego State University San Diego CA USA), Jacqueline Weinstock (Univ Of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 8
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 589g
ISBN: 9781560232827
ISBN 10: 156023282X
Pages: 268
Publication Date: 12 November 2004
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Esther D Rothblum, Jacqueline Weinstock

Reviews for Lesbian Ex-Lovers: The Really Long-Term Relationships

Very Interesting And Compelling...The stories and poems speak to great resilience, friendship, and strength among women while also addressing why some relationships should not, and cannot be mended. A Fascinating Set Of Personal Documents. ... Provides innovative and creative ways of understanding what happens to some lesbians' romantic relationships after they end. The contributions are funny, poignant, sad, angry, and thoughtful pieces that share intimate and personal moments in these women's lives. You come away realizing how complex and emotional our relationships can be and how important friendship is in our daily lives.