Foucault's "History of Sexuality" is a good place to start, I think;
also, Judith Butler's (1990) "Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion
of Identity"
(NY: Routledge)
Teresa de Lauretis (1987) "Technologies of Gender:Essays on Theory, Film,
and Fiction"
(Indiana University Press)
Himani Bannerji "Thinking Through" Essays on Feminism, Marxism, and
Anti-Racism" (Toronto: Womens' Press)
Bannerji's is a brilliant collection of "identity" pieces which don't
specifically address
sexuality, but "difference" and the conflicts of being both inside and
outside the ideologies (cultural-historical practices) which organize kinds
of "oppressions" or marginalization within sites of "authority"... very
provocative thoughts.
And, for folks who are thinking about bio-culturalism,
Edith Cobb (1977) "The Ecology of Imagination in Childhood" (NY: Columbia
University Press) provides what I think is the first "ecological" analysis
of
bioculturalism.
There are certain cultural assumptions which weaken Cobb's argument,
however, the underlying ideas in her book are extraordinary.
Ricardo, i have *so* enjoyed this discussion; thank you for sharing
your thoughts and questions,... there are indeed few spaces where these kinds of
conversations can take place.
diane
"Every tool is a weapon if you hold it right." Ani Difranco
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university of british columbia
vancouver, bc canada
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