Reading between the lines : a lesbian feminist critique of feminist accounts of sexuality / Denise Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, Denise.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminist theory.

Feminist criticism.

Lesbianism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 pages)

Place of Publication:

Sydney, Australia : Lesbian Studies and Research Group, Gorgon's Head Press, c1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A critical analysis of feminist writings on sexuality from a radical feminist and lesbian feminist standpoint. A must-read for any serious feminist thinker.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; contents; acknowledgements; 1 introduction; 2 phallocentricity and the case for political lesbianism; part I early writings; 3 missing the point: betty friedan, ann oakley, and germaine greer; Betty Friedan-Joining the Mainstream; Ann Oakley-Sex Differences and 'Biology'; Germaine Greer; 4 early radical feminism I: heterosexuality, celibacy, lesbianism, and the female orgasm; Celibacy; Political Lesbianism; The Female Orgasm Unchained; 5 early radical feminism II: kate millett and shulamith firestone; Kate Millett; Shulamith Firestone (and Freud and Reich)

part II the question of socialist feminism; 6 socialist feminism I: class, and 'autonomy' or separatism?; Class; 'Autonomy' or Separatism?; 7 in defense of 'cultural' feminism1; 8 socialist feminism II: 'science' and materialism; 9 socialist feminism and sexuality I: two early accounts; 10 socialist feminism and sexuality II: 'essentialism' the 'sex/gender' distinction, and sexual 'di ...; 11 'moralism' and sexual pluralism; 12 pornography; 13 pleasure and danger; 14 a barney at barnard; afterword; notes; references; index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-254) and index.

ISBN:

9781742194578

1742194575

9780646041964

0646041967

OCLC:

782877206