Lesselier C
J Homosex. 1993;25(1-2):105-25. doi: 10.1300/J082v25n01_08.
Between the publication of Colette's Le pur et l'impur in 1932 and the emergence of lesbian groups in 1970-1971, silence and invisibility seem to have set in a society which remained traditional as far as gender roles and heterosexual norms were concerned. Through studying a few literary works and tapping the lesbian memory by the methods of oral history, however, it is possible to trace some aspects of the lesbian existence during this period and especially to document the key issues of self-definition and resistance in front of the dominant categorizations, stigmatisation and repression. A strong sense of individual legitimacy and claim to happiness stand in sharp contrast to the weakness of collective subcultural constructions; this appears in the ambivalence-as for every minority identity-towards the identification as a group and the word "lesbian" itself. This, being the background of the lesbian movement after 1970, may help one to understand some of its characteristics.
在1932年科莱特的《纯净与不纯净》出版至1970年至1971年女同性恋群体出现之间，就性别角色和异性恋规范而言，社会似乎陷入了沉默和无形状态，依然保持着传统。然而，通过研究一些文学作品并采用口述历史的方法挖掘女同性恋记忆，有可能追溯这一时期女同性恋存在的一些方面，尤其是记录在主流分类、污名化和压制面前自我定义和反抗的关键问题。强烈的个人合法性意识和对幸福的追求与集体亚文化建构的薄弱形成鲜明对比；这表现出——如同所有少数群体身份一样——在认同为一个群体和“女同性恋”这个词本身时的矛盾心理。这作为1970年后女同性恋运动的背景，或许有助于人们理解其一些特征。
