All the Rage ebook (EPUB)
Lynne Harne & Elaine Miller
Is sexuality political? Is it about identity? Is it about style or preference? These questions continue to be asked.
Queer theory, sado-masochism, lesbian chic and lipstick lesbians were all the rage in the late 1980s popular culture. But these so-called glamorous trends were the superficial post-modern disguises of a patriarchal backlash against three decades of radical lesbian feminist advances.
Unmasking and challenging the backlash the editors have gathered together seventeen passionate voices on sexuality, race and class, psychology, identity politics and lesbian existence.
This anthology is essential reading in Women’s Studies and anyone interested in gender critical theory.
Contributors include, Julia Parnaby, Lynne Harne, Celia Kitzinger, Rachel Perkins, Sandra McNeill, Carole Reeves, Rachel Wingfield, Sue Wilkinson, Sheila Jeffreys, Elaine Miller, Elaine Hutton, Nicole Humberstone, Jill Radford, Rosemary Auchmuty, Audre Lorde, Janice Raymond, Julie Bindel.
NOVEMBER 2021 | 9781925950441 (ebook) | 125 x 195mm | 277 pages | EBOOK ONLY
Table of Contents
Preface
SECTION ONE
Individualism, Identity and the New Lesbian and Gay Conservatism
Queer Straits Julia Parnaby
Dangerous Liaisons: Reasserting male power through gay movements Lynne Harne
Shrinking Lesbian Feminism: The dangers of psychology for lesbian-feminist politics Celia Kitzinger and Rachel Perkins
Identity Politics Sandra McNeill
SECTION TWO
Lesbian Sexuality and Sexual Practice
Serious Pom, Serious Protest Carole Reeves and Rachel Wingfield
Bisexuality as Backlash Sue Wilkinson
The Essential Lesbian Sheila Jeffreys
SECTION THREE
Representations of Lesbians in the Media and Popular Culture
Righting Our History Elaine Miller
The Flight of the Feminist Elaine Hutton
Lesbians Framed Nicola Humberstone
SECTION FOUR
Lesbian Feminism and Academentia
Backlash: Or New Variations on an Old Exclusionary Theme Jill Radford
Lesbian Studies: Politics or Lifestyle? Rosemary Auchmuty
SECTION FIVE
Moving Forward
Age, Race, Class and Sex: Women Redefining Difference Audre Lorde
A Vision of Lesbian Sexuality Janice Raymond
Valuing Women: Young Lesbians Talk Lynne Harne
Neither an Ism nor a Chasm: Maintaining a Radical-Feminist Agenda in Broad-Based Coalitions Julie Bindel
Contributors‘ Notes
Further Reading