Reading Between the Lines: A Lesbian Feminist Critique of Feminist Accounts of Sexuality

Denise Thompson

This is a comprehensive survey of the development of feminist theories of sexuality from The Feminist Mystique to the current debates. Denise Thompson puts forward a critique of feminist writings on sexuality from a radical feminist and lesbian standpoint. She examines the sexual culture of patriarchy and early radical feminist theory around lesbianism, heterosexuality and celibacy. She also looks at sexual violence, pornography, and sadomasochism, and argues powerfully against sexual libertarianism.

1991 | ISBN 9780646041964 | Paperback | 140 x 210 mm | 263 pages