Cooper, Janet.

  • The lesbian in literature (Episode 3 of 4)

    Cynthia Secor and Janet Cooper discuss the lesbian in literature at the 2nd Gay Academic Union Conference in New York City, 1974. Janet Cooper of the American Library Association (ALA)’s Task Force on Gay Liberation (TFGL) speaks on female crushes, friendships, and affections in children’s literature prior to the 1920’s. Author Cynthia Secor, PhD, Chairperson…

  • The lesbian in literature (Episode 3 of 4, Part 2 of 2)

    Cynthia Secor, Janet Cooper and Virginia Apuzzo discuss sensuous women in the literature of James Joyce and Gertrude Stein, patriarchy, and changes in children’s literature in response to these issues. Janet Cooper speaks on female crushes, friendships, and affections in children’s literature prior to the 1920’s. Cynthia Secor compares the sensuous women in Stein vs.…