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Conflict and Counterpoint in Lesbian, Gay, and Feminist Studies

By Jacqueline Foertsch

Book information

Year
2007
ISBN
1403978999, 9781403978998, 9780230604162
Open Library ID
OL22754983M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
833 kB (853344 bytes)
Edition
First Edition
Pages
240\238
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Interrogating a broad array of lesbian, gay, and feminist theories, this book considers instances of unnecessarily divisive turf-battling, yet focuses primarily on the productive debates that define and vitalize the field. Moving beyond the classic opposition that pits the sex-positive leftist academy against abstract "sexism" and "homophobia," Foertsch's text isolates oppositions within gender and sexuality studies, considering homophobic feminist theories, sexist (or anti-feminist) gay theories, and the field's tendency to triangulate itself in two-against-one fashion or in contests between two camps for the allegiance of the third.

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