Lesbian Philosophies and Cultures

by Jeffner Allen (editor)

Jeffner Allen is Associate Professor of Philosophy at State University of New York, Binghamton. She is the author of Lesbian Explorations , and co-editor of The Thinking Feminism and Modern French Philosophy . She is active in the Society for Women in Philosophy and the National Women's Studies Association, and is on the Editorial Board of Journal of Feminist Philosophy .

Genres: Lesbian, Nonfiction, LGBT, Philosophy, Theory, Feminism

410 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1990

Reviews

[Racy-tay · Rating 3 out of 5]

I borrowed this book to finally read Marilyn Frye's Lesbian "Sex". I also read Claudia Card, Anna Lee, and Sarah Lucia Hoagland (the last in my opinion the best). Although I value feminist theory so very much, there comes a point in almost each and every essay when I get frustrated at the unnecessarily obtuse language, where an otherwise brilliant piece of writing devolves into something inaccessible even for someone familiar with reading critical theory. It stumps me how critical legal studies can be written so much more clearly than feminist theory! Very frustrating. Ah well, I love it anyway.

[Max · Rating 5 out of 5]

AWESOME place to start with lesbian thinking

[l · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting collection though I had no time at all for the French theorists (Brossard, Wittig, Causse). Loved Maria Lugones' essay. Sarah Lucia Hoagland's response to Carol Gilligan was great as well.