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Published on: March 8, 2019
Feminist theorizing as 'transposed autobiography'
1Radboud University, Cultural Sexual Studies/American Studies, PO Box 9104, Nijmegen, NL 6500, The Netherlands. renee.c.hoogland@planet.nl
Abstract:
This piece considers personal investments endemic in academic writing, more specifically, in Lesbian Studies. Taking Elizabeth Bowen's phrase, "transposed autobiography," as a starting-point, the author briefly discusses the development of lesbian/straight feminist debates, and continues to explore the relative absence of lesbianism in current feminist and queer theorizing. Three 'moments' serve to explain the casting aside of lesbian desire: the subsidence of lesbian/straight feminist debates, the prevalence of 'race'/ethnicity in critical theorizing and the emergence of post-theoretical trends of thought.
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