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Posted on July 15, 2020December 13, 2020 by Aoife

S2 E5: Lesbionic Lit: Highsmith, ‘Carol’ (1952)

Is it a subversive lesbian romance or a psychological thriller? The hetronormative censor saw a dangerous text with a ‘general tendency to deprave’.

Bantam Press cover, 1953
Categories20th century, Blog, Episode, Podcast TagsAmerica, New York, Patricia Highsmith, Queer literature, Red Scare, Surveillance

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