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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813879203321

Autore

Phelan Shane

Titolo

Getting specific : postmodern lesbian politics / / Shane Phelan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1994

ISBN

0-8166-8447-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 p.)

Disciplina

305.48/9664

Soggetti

Lesbianism - Philosophy

Lesbianism - Political aspects

Feminist theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-186) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1. Specificity: Beyond Equality and Difference; 2. Building a Specific Theory; Interlude I: Getting Specific; Interlude II: Lost in the Land of Enchantment; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Phelan examines lesbian political theory and points out the pitfalls of a lesbian feminism that ignores the specificities of race. As she searches for a democratic identity politics, she explores the possibilities for lesbian community and for alliances with other groups, as well as the political goals of lesbian action.