Violence and desire in Brazilian lesbian relationships / Andrea Stevenson Allen.

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

xii, 243 pages ; 23 cm

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Harvard University, 2011, under the title: We are phantasms : female same-sex desires, violence, and ideology in Salvador, Brazil.

Introduction : "We are phantasms" : lesbian and entendida women in Brazil -- Life in Brazil, life in Salvador -- City of invisible women -- Phantasmal sexualities and erotic embodiment -- Violence, passion, and power : a love story -- Intimate partner violence, government intervention, and civil society -- Conclusion : At the gates of Nineveh.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-220) and index.