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Book Reviews : Out of the Class Closet: Lesbians Speak. Edited by Julia Penelope. Freedom, CA: Crossing Press, 1994, 481 pp., $16.95 (paper

Book Reviews : Out of the Class Closet: Lesbians Speak. Edited by Julia Penelope. Freedom, CA:... The contribution of this book is its of a unique preservation pot- of firsthand recollections from in this wartime pourri participants work effort. Thus the book is useful as a to particularly supplement other materials that describe and women at work analyze during World War II. ALLISON ZIPPAY School of Social Work Rutgers University New New Brunswick, Jersey Out Class Closet: Lesbians Edited Free- Julia of the Speak. by Penelope. CA: dom, $16.95 Press, 1994, 481 Crossing pp., (paper). In this of and narratives, interviews, articles, assembly conceptual has orchestrated how lesbians have Penelope masterfully experi- enced and lived issues of class. And each reflects the although chapter of each the works reveal universal contributor, uniqueness together and themes that transcend individual lives. The public private beauty of the book is its in which the reader matrix, crossword-puzzle-type is toward an of intertwined carefully guided understanding complex dimensions and their rela- phenomena by incrementally identifying Thus the intersection of class and touches issues tionships. gender that are relevant to all of their sexual persons, regardless preference, and so connects diverse readers to the of lesbian women experiences commonalities. What an this is to illuminate through ingenious way and the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work SAGE

Book Reviews : Out of the Class Closet: Lesbians Speak. Edited by Julia Penelope. Freedom, CA: Crossing Press, 1994, 481 pp., $16.95 (paper

Depoy, Elizabeth
Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work , Volume 10 (4): 2 – Dec 1, 1995
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The contribution of this book is its of a unique preservation pot- of firsthand recollections from in this wartime pourri participants work effort. Thus the book is useful as a to particularly supplement other materials that describe and women at work analyze during World War II. ALLISON ZIPPAY School of Social Work Rutgers University New New Brunswick, Jersey Out Class Closet: Lesbians Edited Free- Julia of the Speak. by Penelope. CA: dom, $16.95 Press, 1994, 481 Crossing pp., (paper). In this of and narratives, interviews, articles, assembly conceptual has orchestrated how lesbians have Penelope masterfully experi- enced and lived issues of class. And each reflects the although chapter of each the works reveal universal contributor, uniqueness together and themes that transcend individual lives. The public private beauty of the book is its in which the reader matrix, crossword-puzzle-type is toward an of intertwined carefully guided understanding complex dimensions and their rela- phenomena by incrementally identifying Thus the intersection of class and touches issues tionships. gender that are relevant to all of their sexual persons, regardless preference, and so connects diverse readers to the of lesbian women experiences commonalities. What an this is to illuminate through ingenious way and the

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