Martin Femininity Played Straight

The Significance of Being Lesbian
Erscheinungsjahr 1997
ISBN: 978-1-135-21015-1
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 263 Seiten

In Femininity Played Straight, Biddy Martin traces the changing relations of lesbianism and feminist theory from the late 1970s to the present. These sparkling essays argue for accounts of sexuality, gender and subjectivity that make lesbianism intelligible and important, for lesbians and non-lesbians alike.

Moving between theoretical and autobiographical modes, Biddy Martin brings different kinds of writing to bear upon one another. At a theoretical level, her work takes issue with postmodern theory, defending instead the role of psychoanalytic criticism. She argues for the continued validity of critical modes that do not abandon the unconscious in seeking to understand the relation of subjectivity to language. In so doing, she addresses the work of writers, thinkers and activists as varied as Mary Daly, Michel Foucault, Adrienne Rich, Gayle Rubin, Minnie Bruce Pratt, Sigmund Freud, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Audre Lorde, Judith Butler, and Joan Copjec.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Martin, Biddy

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies: Homosexualität, LGBTQ+

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART ONE
Chapter 1 The Hobo, The Fairy, and the Quarterback
Chapter 2 Extraordinary Homosexuals and the Fear of Being Ordinary
Chapter 3 Sexualities Without Genders and Other Queer Utopias
PART TWO
Chapter 4 Sexual Practice and Changing Lesbian Identities
Chapter 5 Teaching Feminist Theory
Chapter 6 Lesbian Identity and Autobiographical Difference[s]
Chapter 7 Feminist Politics: What's Home got to do With It? with Chandra Talpade Mohanty
Chapter 8 Feminism, Criticism and Foucault
Chapter 9 Feminist Metaphysics: A Critique of Mary Daly's Gyn/Ecology

Über Autor(innen)

Biddy Martin is Associate Professor of German Studies and Women's Studies at Cornell University.