Research candidate

Harriet Steele

Research topic

Reading community: Periodicals as archives for Australian lesbian public cultures 1970-2000

My thesis examines the place of Australian lesbian magazines in community production and maintenance from the 1970s to the 1990s. This research is located within histories of identities and sexualities, informed by the discourses of the extensive lesbian periodical archives. I consider how the magazines have functioned as archives for their communities, preserving the debates around significant issues. My thesis examines how these discussions have operated over time and across periodicals and their interaction with feminism and gay rights frameworks.

Supervisory team

Principal supervisor: Professor Joy Damousi 
Co-supervisor: Dr Mary Tomsic
Associate supervisor (end-user): Erica Boyne - Western Australia Museum

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