Adventures in Lesbian Philosophy

by Card, Claudia

• ISBN13: 9780253208996
• ISBN10: 0253208998
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-12-01
• Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr

Summary

"Adventures in Lesbian Philosophy contains many illuminating discussions (of S/M sex, lesbian ethics, lesbian desire, bisexuality), and includes a useful bibliography of lesbian criticism." -- Passion"This new collection edited by Claudia Card includes important articles of interest to feminist philosophy relating to lesbian feminist issues and ethics." -- Ethics"... a fun and engaging conceptual romp." -- Journal of the History of SexualityThese essays explore diverse positive understandings of "lesbian philosophy," from contested sexual behaviors such as pornography and sadomasochism to the meaning of "lesbianism." Editor Claudia Card has also included an up-to-date bibliography of lesbian philosophy and related works.

Author Biography

CLAUDIA CARD, Professor of Philosophy and Faculty Affiliate in Women's Studies and Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, is the editor of Feminist Ethics and the author of essays in numerous journals, including Signs, Hypatia, Lesbian Ethics, and Philosophical Review.

Table of Contents

What Is Lesbian Philosophy? A New Introduction	ix
Claudia Card
LESBIAN CREATIVITY
Jeffner Allen: A Lesbian Portrait	3	(8)
Jacquelyn N. Zita
Lesbian Slip	11	(16)
Tangren Alexander
2:00 am, Valentine's Morning Est et Non: The Dream Body
For Sandra
The Feminist Existentialist State Song
The Answers in the Back: A Song
On Borderlands/La Frontera: An Interpretive Essay	27	(7)
Maria Lugones
Not Lesbian Philosophy	34	(7)
Joyce Trebilcot
Jewish Lesbian Writing: A Review Essay	41	(10)
Naomi Scheman
THE SEX WARS
The Feminist Sexuality Debates and the Transformation of the Political	51	(13)
Bat-Ami Bar On
Sadomasochism and Exclusion	64	(17)
Lorena Leigh Saxe
CONSTRUCTING ``LESBIAN''
Audre Lorde's (Nonessentialist) Lesbian Eros	81	(17)
Ruth Ginzberg
Queer Ethics; or, The Challenge of Bisexuality to Lesbian Ethics	98	(14)
Elisabeth D. Daumer
Male Lesbians and the Postmodernist Body	112	(23)
Jacquelyn N. Zita
LESBIAN COMMUNITY AND RESPONSIBILITY
Ritual Abuse: Making Connections	135	(9)
Chris Cuomo
In Praise of Blame	144	(19)
Barbara Houston
Realizing Love and Justice: Lesbian Ethics in the Upper and Lower Case	163	(23)
Kathleen Martindale
Martha Saunders
Mother: The Legal Domestication of Lesbian Existence	186	(13)
Ruthann Robson
Why Lesbian Ethics?	199	(11)
Sarah Lucia Hoagland
Lesbian Ethics and the Journal Lesbian Ethics: A Review	210	(7)
Claudia Card
RECLAIMING LESBIAN HERSTORY
Lesbian Connections: Simone de Beauvoir and Feminism	217	(24)
Margaret A. Simons
Selected Bibliography of Lesbian Philosophy and Related Works	241	(12)
Claudia Card
Notes on Contributors	253	(4)
Index	257