Lesbian philosophies and cultures

Author(s)

• Allen, Jeffner

Bibliographic Information

Lesbian philosophies and cultures

edited by Jeffner Allen

（SUNY series in feminist philosophy）

State University of New York Press, c1990

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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, María Lugones, Edwina Franchild, Caryatis Cardea, Baba Copper, Bette S. Tallen, Michèle Causse, Sarah Lucia Hoagland, Nett Hart, Marilyn Frye, Kim Hall, Jacquelyn N. Zita, Monique Wittig, Nicole Brossard, Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Jeffner Allen.

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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Details

• NCID: BA11935817
• ISBN:
  • 0791403831
  • 079140384X
• LCCN: 90009554
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Albany, NY
• Pages/Volumes: 410 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HQ75.5
  • DC20 : 306.76/63
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Lesbianism
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA11935919