Unpacking Queer Politics

"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." "The book concludes by arguing that precisely the commitment to equality in relationships and sex that has been so important to lesbian feminists, and so excoriated in much of queer theory, should form the basis of a social transformation. In this way lesbians should be seen as the vanguard of social change."--Jacket.

First sentence: Today many young lesbians and gay men will call themselves 'queer' without a second thought.

Year

2003

Language

English

Publisher

Polity Press

Editions

2

Pages

184

ISBN

9780745628370

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