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Why femme stories matter: Constructing femme theory through historical femme life writing
Journal of Lesbian Studies ( IF 1.1 ) Pub Date : 2019-12-06 , DOI: 10.1080/10894160.2019.1691347
Laura Brightwell 1 , Allison Taylor 1
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Abstract

We argue that historical femme life writing forms a rich resource for femme theory that contributes to, challenges, and extends contemporary academic femme literature. We focus on the experiences of femmes during the second-wave feminist movement, specifically within the context of 1970s and 1980s U.S. lesbian feminism. The texts we examine include My Dangerous Desires by Amber Hollibaugh (2000 Hesford, V. (2013). Feeling women’s liberation. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.[Crossref] , [Google Scholar]), A Restricted Country by Joan Nestle (1987 Mishali, Y. (2014). Feminine trouble: The removal of femininity from feminist/lesbian/queer esthetics, imagery, and conceptualization. Women's Studies International Forum, 44, 5568. doi:10.1016/j.wsif.2013.09.003[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]), Minnie Bruce Pratt’s (1995 Pratt, M. B. (1995). S/he. New York, NY: Alyson Books. [Google Scholar]) S/he, and selections from The Persistent Desire: A Femme-Butch Reader, edited by Nestle (1992 Nestle, J. (1987). A restricted country. San Francisco, CA: Cleis Press. [Google Scholar]). Informed by Clare Hemmings’ (2011) and Victoria Hesford’s (2013 Hemmings, C. (2011). Why stories matter: The political grammar of feminist theory. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.[Crossref] , [Google Scholar]) critiques that past feminisms are often retold using reductive narratives, we (re)read this femme life writing to foreground the ways in which femmes have historically troubled and resisted monolithic accounts of lesbian feminism, lesbian identities, femininity, and sexuality. By centering queer feminine voices from this period to highlight major themes of this life writing, and drawing on Andi Schwartz’s (2018 Schwartz, A. (2018). Locating femme theory online. First Monday, 7(2)doi:10.5210/fm.v23i7.9266[Crossref] , [Google Scholar]) positioning of femme cultural production as a basis for theory, we argue that earlier iterations of queer femininities are relevant to and important for contemporary femme theory. Ultimately, we analyze what historical femme life writing reveals about the place of femininity within the lesbian and feminist communities of their time, how these dynamics inform current perceptions of queer and femme politics, and how femmes resist their cultural and critical marginalization.



中文翻译:

女性故事为何重要:通过历史女性生活写作来构建女性理论

摘要

我们认为历史女性生活史的写作为女性理论提供了丰富的资源,该理论有助于,挑战并扩展当代学术女性文学。我们关注第二波女权运动中女性的经历,特别是在1970年代和1980年代美国女同性恋运动的背景下。我们检查的文字包括Amber Hollibaugh撰写的《我的危险欲望》2000年) Hesford,V.2013年)。感受妇女的解放北卡罗来纳州达勒姆杜克大学出版社[交叉引用]  ,[谷歌学术]),一个限制级的国家通过琼雀巢(1987 Mishali,Y.2014年)。女性麻烦:从女性主义/女同性恋/酷儿美学,图像和概念化中消除女性气质妇女研究国际论坛4455 - 68。doi:10.1016 / j.wsif.2013.09.003 [Crossref],[Web of Science®], [Google Scholar]),Minnie Bruce Pratt's(1995年) 普拉特,MB1995)。他/他纽约,纽约Alyson Books [谷歌学术]S /他,和从选择的持久性欲望:一个性感-布奇阅读器,由雀巢编辑(1992年 雀巢,J。1987)。受限制的国家加利福尼亚州旧金山克莱里斯出版社 [Google Scholar])。由Clare Hemmings(2011)和Victoria Hesford(2013 Hemmings,C.2011年)。故事为何重要:女权主义理论的政治语法北卡罗来纳州达勒姆杜克大学出版社[Crossref] 和[Google Scholar]批评过去的女性主义通常使用还原性叙事来复述,我们(重新)阅读了女性的生活,以突出女性在历史上困扰和抵制对女同性恋,女同性恋,女人味和性欲。通过将这一时期的女性声音集中起来以突出这一生活写作的主要主题,并借鉴安迪·施瓦茨(Andi Schwartz)的(2018 Schwartz,A.2018年)。在网上找到女性理论第一个星期一7(2)doi:10.5210 / fm.v23i7.9266 [Crossref]  ,[Google Scholar])将女性文化的生产定位为理论的基础,我们认为,同志女性气质的较早迭代与当代女性理论。最终,我们分析了历史上的女性生活史揭示了女性在其时代的女同性恋和女权主义者社区中的地位,这些动态如何影响当前对同性恋和女性政治的看法,以及女性如何抵制其文化和批判性的边缘化。

更新日期:2019-12-06
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