Unpacking Queer Politics: A Lesbian Feminist Perspective
By Sheila Jeffreys.
Description
Unpacking Queer Politics argues that the strong lesbian feministmovement of the 1970s, which was able to articulate a philosophyand practice that distinguished lesbian politics from gay malepolitics, was submerged in the 1990s beneath a gay male agendacalled queer politics. The new politics repudiated lesbian feminist ideas and celebrated'manhood' as a goal for gay men. Practices which construct this'manhood', such as sadomasochism, cutting and piercing,female-to-male transsexual surgery, and which are promoted in queerpolitics, need to be understood as forms of self-har...
ISBN(s)
0745628389, 9780745628387
