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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Harker, Jaime, author.

Title: The lesbian South : southern feminists, the women in print movement, and the queer literary canon / Jaime Harker.

Description: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018004679| ISBN 9781469643342 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781469643359 (pbk : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781469643366 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Lesbian authors—Southern States. | American Literature—Southern States—History and criticism. | Lesbians—Southern States—Social life and customs. | Feminism and literature—Southern States.

Classification: LCC PS153.L46 H37 2018 | DDC 810.9/9206643—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018004679

Cover illustration: Untitled pictorial map of the South by Sue Sneddon, from an issue of Feminary: A Feminist Periodical for the South, Emphasizing the Lesbian Vision. Courtesy of Sue Sneddon.