Sexual practice, textual theory : lesbian cultural criticism
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Sexual practice, textual theory : lesbian cultural criticism
Blackwell Publishers, 1993
- : pbk
- : hbk
Available at / 14 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-377) and index
Description and Table of Contents
- Volume
-
: hbk ISBN 9781557861009
Description
Gathering together lesbian writers from a wide variety of backgrounds, this volume provides an introduction to the full range of lesbian theory and criticism today, from Bonnie Zimmerman's classic overview of lesbian feminist criticism ("What Has Never Been") to Linda Garber's annotated bibliography of lesbian literary critical theory (with Vilashini Cooppan). In their introduction, Susan J. Wolfe and Julia Penelope draw together the major themes of the book, tracing the construction and deconstruction of lesbian identities and voices both in everyday life and within the complex frameworks of feminist, post-feminist, postmodern and post-structuralist theories. The text should be of interest to students and teachers of cultural studies, literary theory, sexuality and gender.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Lesbian identity in feminist literary criticism - the need for lesbian-feminist literary criticism: what has never been - an overview of lesbian feminist criticism, Bonnie Zimmerman
- two feminist criticisms - a necessary conflict?, Ann Charles
- towards a definition of the lesbian literary imagination, Marilyn R. Farwell. Part 2 Locating our selves in the text - texts as sources of lesbian sense of self: genre as performance - Shakespearean ambiguity and the lesbian reader, Paula Bennett
- waiting for Stonewall, Sarah Dreher. Part 3 Applied literary criticism - lesbian feminist (re)visions of the canon: perverse reading - the lesbian appropriation of literature, Bonnie Zimmerman
- subverting closure - compulsory heterosexuality and compulsory endings in middle-class British women's novels, Diana L. Swanson
- reading "Deephaven" as a lesbian text, Judith Fetterley
- sexual narrative in the fiction of Djuna Barnes, Carolyn J. Allen
- modernity and lesbian identity in the later works of Nicole Brossard, Marthe Rosenfeld
- from isolation to diversity - self and communities in 20th century lesbian novels, Linnea A. Stenson
- zam! and the politics of plural identity, Erin G. Carlston
- separatism and feminist utopian fiction, Diane Griffin Crowder
- liberated laughter - comedic form in some lesbian novels, Louise M. Kawada. Part 4 (Op)positional aesthetics - creating lesbian culture(s): lesbian intertextuality, Elaine Marks
- mirrors and likeness - a lesbian aesthetic in the making, Toni A.H. McNaron
- poetic politics - how the Amazons took the Acropolis, Jeffner Allen
- under the covers - a synthesis of desire (lesbian translations), Alice Parker
- an annotated bibliography of lesbian literary critical theory, 1970-1989, Linda Garber and Vilashini Cooppan.
- Volume
-
: pbk ISBN 9781557861016
Description
Gathering together lesbian writers from a wide variety of backgrounds, this volume provides a unique introduction to the full range of lesbian theory and criticism today, from Bonnie Zimmerman's classic overview of lesbian feminist criticism ("What Has Never Been") to Linda Garber's annotated bibliography of lesbian literary critical theory (with Vilashini Cooppan). In their introduction, Susan J. Wolfe and Julia Penelope draw together the major themes of the book, tracing the construction and deconstruction of lesbian identities and voices both in everyday life and within the complex frameworks of feminist, postfeminist, postmodern and poststructuralist theories. The text should be of interest to students and teachers of cultural studies, literary theory, sexuality and gender.
Table of Contents
SECTION I: LESBIAN IDENTITY IN FEMINIST LITERARY CRITICISM: The Need for Lesbian-Feminist Literary Criticism What Has Never Been: A Overview of Lesbian Feminist Criticism by Bonnie Zimmerman Two Feminist Criticisms: A Necessary Conflict? by Ann Charles Towards a Definition of the Lesbian Literary Imagination by Marilyn R. Farwell SECTION II: LOCATING OUR SELVES IN THE TEXT: Texts as Sources of Lesbian Sense of Self Gender as Performance: Shakespearean Ambiguity and the Lesbian Reader by Paula Bennett Waiting for Stonewall by Sarah Dreher SECTION III: APPLIED LITERARY CRITICISM: Lesbian Feminist (Re)Visions of the Canon Perverse Reading: The Lesbian Appropriation of Literature by Bonnie Zimmerman Subverting Closure: Compulsory Heterosexuality and Compulsory Endings in Middle-Class British Women's Novels by Diana L. Swanson Reading Deephaven as a Lesbian Text by Judith Fetterley Sexual Narrative in the Fiction of Djuna Barnes by Carolyn J. Allen Modernity and Lesbian Identity in the Later Works of Nicole Brossard by Marthe Rosenfeld From Isolation to Diversity: Self and Communities in 20th-Century Lesbian Novels by Linnea A. Stenson Zami and the Politics of Plural Identity by Erin G. Carlston Separatism and Feminist Utopian Fiction by Diane Griffin Crowder Liberated Laughter: Comedic Form in Some Lesbian Novels by Louise M. Kawada SECTION IV: (OP)POSITIONAL AESTHETICS: Creating Lesbian Culture(s) Lesbian Intertextuality by Elaine Marks Mirrors and Likeness: A Lesbian Aesthetic in the Making by Toni A.H. McNaron Poetic Politics: How the Amazons Took the Acropolis by Jeffner Allen Under the Covers: A Synthesis of Desire (Lesbian Translations) by Alice Parker An Annotated Bibliography of Lesbian Literary Critical Theory 1970-1989 by Linda Garber, with Vilashini Cooppan Contributors' notes. References. Bibliography.
by "Nielsen BookData"