J. Foertsch

Conflict and Counterpoint in Lesbian, Gay, and Feminist Studies

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan US / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-4039-7899-8
• 2007
• Seitenzahl: 229
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juni 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 148mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 384g
• ISBN-13: 9781403978998
• ISBN-10: 1403978999
• Artikelnr.: 22736908

Autorenporträt

JACQUELINE FOERTSCH is Assistant Professor of English at the University of North Texas, USA, and author of Enemies Within: The Cold War and the AIDS Crisis in Literature, Film, and Culture. She is the current editor of Studies in the Novel.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Open Books, Private Lives The Trials of Trialoguing in Lesbian, Gay, and Feminist Studies What's in a Name: Semantic Slips and Slides in Gender/Sexuality Studies' Key Terms The Critical Impasse: Inverse Relations among Lesbian, Gay, and Feminist Approaches How We Read: Lesbian, Gay, and Feminist Approaches to Fiction Why We Watch: Lesbian, Gay, and Feminist Approaches to Film Conclusion - Some Categorical Conclusions

Rezensionen

"Recommended." - CHOICE