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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

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