Overview
Challenging the often unquestioned hegemony of gay studies over lesbian studies, Jagose offers a theory of the lesbian. Drawing upon the work of such theorists as Eve Sedgwick and Luce Irigaray, she articulates a theory of ""lesbian"" space which symbolically exceeds the boundaries of understanding. Jagose argues that the culturally constructed category of the ""lesbian"" - the symbolic logic which goes beyond traditional cultural limits and regulations - is also simultaneously and, quite provocatively, also the product of those regimes of power. It is this explosive tension that Jagose emphasizes in her reading of various conceptions of the ""lesbian"". In examining this construction, Jagose surveys a diverse range of texts (sonnets, essays, and novels) spanning the cultural terrain of Mexico and Australia, the US and France. She concludes with a reading of Cindy Crawford as signifying the emergence of lesbian utopics within pop culture.
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Author: Annamarie Jagose
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.410kg
ISBN: 9780415910194
ISBN 10: 0415910196
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 14 November 1994
Audience:
College/higher education
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print 
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements, 1 Lesbians Are Elsewhere, 2 Remedy and Poison, 3 Space, Skin, Spiral, 4 Playing with the Closet, 5 'The Heart of the Law, 6 Slash and Suture, 7 Cindy Crawford Concludes, Notes, Works Cited, Index
Reviews
"""A brave and rigorous book that makes the complex theory and politics of lesbian textual practice speak out. Its thoughtful and intriguing analysis of several tropes central to lesbian and gay studies makes it an indispensable part of the generation of books following Judith Butler's. Incorporating a wide variety of critical discourses from feminist theory to psychoanalysis and philosophy, this book demonstrates and extends the depth of the field of lesbian studies."" -- Judith Roof"
A brave and rigorous book that makes the complex theory and politics of lesbian textual practice speak out. Its thoughtful and intriguing analysis of several tropes central to lesbian and gay studies makes it an indispensable part of the generation of books following Judith Butler's. Incorporating a wide variety of critical discourses from feminist theory to psychoanalysis and philosophy, this book demonstrates and extends the depth of the field of lesbian studies.'--Judith Roof. <br>
Author Information
Annamarie Jagose is a Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Melbourne.
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