Feminism Meets Queer Theory
Feminism Meets Queer Theory ". . . The two share common political interests--a concern for women's and gay and lesbian rights--and many of the same academic and intellectual roots. innovative and…
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Feminism Meets Queer Theory
". . . The two share common political interests--a concern for women's and gay and lesbian rights--and many of the same academic and intellectual roots. innovative and important thinking about the various relations between feminist theory, queer theory, and lesbian theory, as well as the possibility that liberation can be mutual rather than mutually exclusive." --Lambda Book ReportWhen feminism meets queer theory, no introductions seem necessary.
This volume focuses on the encounters of feminist and queer theories, on the ways in which basic terms such as "male" and "female," "man" and "woman," "black," "white," "sex," "gender," and "sexuality" change meaning as they move from one body of theory to another. And yet, they can also seem like strangers, needing mediation, translation, clarification. Along with essays by Judith Butler, Evelynn Hammonds, Biddy Martin, Kim Michasiw,