Unpacking queer politics : a lesbian feminist perspective
Unpacking Queer Politics argues that the strong lesbian feminist movement of the 1970s, which was able to articulate a philosophy and practice that distinguished lesbian politics from gay male politics, was submerged in the 1990s beneath a gay male agenda called queer politics.
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Acknowledgements. Introduction. Chapter 1: Gay Liberation and Lesbian Feminism. Chapter 2: Queer theory and Politics and the Lesbian Feminist Critique. Chapter 3: Public Sex and the creation of a queer sex agenda. Chapter 4: Gay Male Pornography. Chapter 5: Self-Harm or Social Change? Sadomasochism, cutting and piercing in lesbian and gay culture. Chapter 6: FTM Transsexualism and the Destruction of Lesbians. Chapter 7: Lesbian feminism and Social Transformation. References. Index