University Of Maryland Professor Lindemann'S Lecture Discusses Willa Cather'S Sexuality
September 21, 2012
Professor Lindemann elaborates on topic "Willa Cather and the Lavender Scare."
Professor Lindemann elaborates on topic "Willa Cather and the Lavender Scare."
By Emily Nitcher, dailynebraskan.com
Lindemann always viewed the author as a “tough broad,” but she said Cather, an American author and a University of Nebraska-Lincoln alumna, wasn’t hiding her sexual orientation, contrary to popular opinion.
Lindemann, a Willa Cather scholar, elaborated on the topic in her lecture “Willa Cather and the Lavender Scare,” at the Great Plains Museum on Thursday afternoon. She is also an associate professor of English and director of LGBT studies program at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Cather’s silence on the topic of her sexual orientation has caused many to call her a closeted lesbian, implying a level of denial and duplicity that Cather did not actually have, Lindemann said.