Bibliography: leaves 439-473. / viii, 473 leaves ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Examines contemporary textual constructions of lesbianism, and reconfigures psychoanalytic discourses on female homosexuality in a way more appropriate to the reading of representations of lesbian desire and sexuality in contemporary western culture. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Women's Studies, 1996