Overview

The lesbians who have contributed to this book are theorists and activists who write as members of diverse lesbian cultures. Each lesbian has her ways of knowing, her voices, approaches, methodologies, languages. Each lesbian reflects, directly and indirectly, her relations to her own and to other ethnicities, races, social classes, physical abilities, ages, and nationalities. Each lesbian has distinctive perspectives on lesbian existence, friendships and sexualities, separatism and coalition building, theories of knowledge and ethics, language and writing. Lesbian Philosophies and Cultures is a hybrid site for discussion of, work on, and delight in this sometimes uneasy, sometimes painful, sometimes surprising and wonderful, lesbian pluralism. For this collection, some of the contributors have chosen to write in essay style, and some have chosen to write in fiction, autobiography, poetic prose and experimental forms. The contributors, all of whom live currently in the u.s.a. or quebec, are: Joyce Trebilcot, Vivienne Louise, Kitty Tsui, Ann Ferguson, Julia Penelope, Marthe Rosenfeld, Claudia Card, Anna Lee, Maria Lugones, Edwina Franchild, Caryatis Cardea, Baba Copper, Bette S. Tallen, Michele Causse, Sarah Lucia Hoagland, Nett Hart, Marilyn Frye, Kim Hall, Jacquelyn N. Zita, Monique Wittig, Nicole Brossard, Gloria E. Anzaldua, Jeffner Allen.

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Author:   Jeffner Allen ,  Jeffner Allen
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9780791403846

ISBN 10:   079140384
Pages:   410
Publication Date:   05 July 1990
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION LIVING IN THE PLURAL Joyce Trebilcot Dyke Methods Vivienne Louise The Invisible Woman LOCATIONS Kitty Tsui Breaking Silence, Making Waves and Loving Ourselves: The Politics of Coming Out and Coming Home Ann Ferguson Is There a Lesbian Culture? Julia Penelope The Lesbian Perspective Marthe Rosenfeld Jewish Lesbians in France: The Issue of Multiple Cultures Claudia Card Pluralist Lesbian Separatism Anna Lee For the Love of Separatism DIS/CONNECTIONS Maria Lugones Playfulness, ""World""-Travelling, and Loving Perception Edwina Franchild ""You do so well."": A Blind Lesbian Responds to Her Sighted Sisters Caryatis Cardea Lesbian Revolution and the 50 Minute Hour: A Working-Class Look at Therapy and the Movement Baba Copper The View from Over the Hill: Notes on Ageism between Lesbians Bette S. Tallen How Inclusive is Feminist Political Theory?: Questions for Lesbians Michele Causse The World as Will and Representation Translated by Eleanor H. Kuykendall Sarah Lucia Hoagland Lesbian Ethics and Female Agency WRITING DESIRE Nett Hart Lesbian Desire as Social Action Marilyn Frye Lesbian ""Sex"" Kim Hall Learning to Touch Honestly: A White Lesbian's Struggle with Racism Jacquelyn N. Zita Lesbian Body Journeys: Desire Making Difference Monique Wittig The Trojan Horse Nicole Brossard Coincidence Certain Words Translated by Marlene Wildeman Gloria E. Anzaldua She Ate Horses Jeffner Allen On the Seashore, A Writing of Abundance CONTRIBUTORS

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Jeffner Allen is Associate Professor of Philosophy at State University of New York, Binghamton. She is the author of Lesbian Philosophy: Explorations, and co-editor of The Thinking Muse: Feminism and Modern French Philosophy. She is active in the Society for Women in Philosophy and the National Women's Studies Association, and is on the Editorial Board of Hypatia: Journal of Feminist Philosophy.

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