Notes on Later Lesbian Criticism and Queer Theory

      Bonnie Zimmerman, "Lesbians Like This and That"
      Shari Benstock "Feminist Legacy of Poststructuralism"


       

      Bonnie Zimmerman, "Lesbians Like This and That"

      • List some of the factors changing lesbian criticism in the 80's
        • poststructuralist approaches
      • What is a "trope" and how have they changed?
      • What are the major questions being raised by lesbian theoretical discourse?
        • Issue of over-universal or totalizing concepts, especially in reference to race


      Shari Benstock
      "Feminist Legacy of Poststructuralism"
      • what are some of the characteristic concerns of poststructuralism?
      • What does a deconstructive reading do?
      • What critical trends in the 1980's does Benstock identify?  How do they compare to Zimmerman's catalogue?
      Radical Lesbiansim
      • What is the basic concept?

      Pornography Debate
      • What are the central issues?
      • What are criticisms?
      Historical Construction of Sexuality
      • Foucault's ideas:
      Queer Theory