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Interrogating a broad array of lesbian, gay, and feminist theories, this book considers instances of unnecessarily divisive turf-battling, yet focuses primarily on the productive debates that define and vitalize the field. Moving beyond the classic opposition that pits the sex-positive leftist academy against abstract "sexism" and "homophobia," Foertsch's text isolates oppositions "within" gender and sexuality studies, considering homophobic feminist theories, sexist (or anti-feminist) gay theories, and the field's tendency to triangulate itself in two-against-one fashion or in contests between two camps for the allegiance of the third.…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
Interrogating a broad array of lesbian, gay, and feminist theories, this book considers instances of unnecessarily divisive turf-battling, yet focuses primarily on the productive debates that define and vitalize the field. Moving beyond the classic opposition that pits the sex-positive leftist academy against abstract "sexism" and "homophobia," Foertsch's text isolates oppositions "within" gender and sexuality studies, considering homophobic feminist theories, sexist (or anti-feminist) gay theories, and the field's tendency to triangulate itself in two-against-one fashion or in contests between two camps for the allegiance of the third.
Autorenporträt
JACQUELINE FOERTSCH is Assistant Professor of English at the University of North Texas, USA, and author of Enemies Within: The Cold War and the AIDS Crisis in Literature, Film, and Culture. She is the current editor of Studies in the Novel.
Rezensionen
"Recommended." - CHOICE