Full Description
Get a global perspective on bisexuality from a women's viewpoint!
Women and Bisexuality: A Global Perspective reflects the growing contribution bisexuals, and especially bisexual women, make to queer culture on an international level. This unique book presents a collection of thoughtful essays, studies, and reviews that combine to help develop a language that reflects the reality of bisexuality from a feminine/feminist viewpoint. Authors map the inroads made by bisexual studies into conventional disciplines, including anthropology, sociology, health, literature, film, history, and biography, and analyze the situations of bisexual women in areas as diverse as France, North America, Germany, Australia, and Africa.
The rich and varied contributions to Women and Bisexuality: A Global Perspective track the spread of bisexuality from the urban and metropolitan centers of gay culture to more peripheral areas as the movement becomes more and more hospitable to transnational and transcultural people. The book's main themesbisexuality's ability to disrupt categories and the resulting feeling of alienation many bisexuals experienceare manifested in approaches that include critical theory, deconstruction, textual analysis, cognitive psychology, personal essay, review essay, reportage, and qualitative study. Topics addressed include:
the impact of feminism and women's communities on the appearance of bisexual women
multi-sexual relationships as border existence in Australia
a South African perspective on bisexuality
understanding bisexuality's invisibility
Lillian Hellmann's bisexual fantasies
and much more!
Women and Bisexuality: A Global Perspective follows bisexuality to the crossroads of academics and activism, presenting a wide scope of refreshing and insightful thought that reflects more than an identity or practice. The diverse mix of ideas is an essential read for anyone interested in literature on sexuality.
Contents
About the Contributors
Women and Bisexuality: A Global Perspective: Introduction
What Should I Wear? A Qualitative Look at the Impact of Feminism and Women's Communities on Bisexual Women's Appearance
In Defense of Ambiguity: Understanding Bisexuality's Invisibility Through Cognitive Psychology
Reading Bisexualities from a South African Perspective
Outside Belongings: Multi-Sexual Relationships as Border Existence
The Lie with the Ounce of Truth: Lillian Hellman's Bisexual Fantasies
POEMS
Fucking Categories
The Other
BI FILM-VIDEO WORLD
Aimee & Jaguar
BI BOOKS
Lines of Flight: A Review of Identity Without Selfhood: Simone de Beauvoir and Bisexuality
Index
Reference Notes Included
