1st Edition
Femininity Played Straight The Significance of Being Lesbian
By Biddy Martin
Copyright 1997
264 Pages
by
Routledge
263 Pages
by
Routledge
263 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
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
Biography
Biddy Martin is Associate Professor of German Studies and Women's Studies at Cornell University.
"Martin's eccentric use of the body as "drag"... is wittily set against the queer privileging of transgender identification." -- Sue-Ellen Case, Signs
