Research Catalog

Title

Dyke ideas : process, politics, daily life / Joyce Trebilcot.

Author

Trebilcot, Joyce.

Publication

Albany : State University of New York Press, c1994.

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Description

x, 151 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Dyke Ideas is a passionate and insightful contribution to lesbian philosophy. The main value is wimmin--women separate from men and men's inventions. "Craziness," guilt, competition, sex, and other topics are explored in ways that reject male values and move toward wimmin-identified cultures. Method is central. The authoritarian, God's-eye stance typical of academic writing is disavowed in favor of an approach that denies that others "should" accept the author's beliefs. Persuasion is tyranny, Joyce Trebilcot thinks, so she tries not to interfere with a reader's processes of creating/discovering her own ideas. This book suggests that lesbian philosophy is like a potluck: wimmin bring their own contributions and also help themselves to the offerings of others. Dyke Ideas is written in a candid, clear, jargon-free style that makes it accessible to a wide range of readers. The writings (which include essays, poetry, a dialogue, and forms without names) resonate with the feelings and thoughts of many wimmin."--Publisher's description.

Series Statement

SUNY series, feminist philosophy

Uniform Title

SUNY series, feminist philosophy.

Subject

• Feminist theory
• Lesbianism
• Radicalism
• Homosexuality, Female

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Mystery. Notes on the Meaning of Life. "Craziness" -- Guilt. The Prick/Chick. Guilt. Stalking Guilt. Dissecting Guilt. Story -- Process. Dyke Methods. Ethics of Method. Not Lesbian Philosophy -- Competition. Competition. Envy -- Sex. Taking Responsibility for Sexuality. Hortense and Gladys on Sex. Decentering Sex -- Value. Lesbian Feminism in Process. On the Edge.

ISBN

• 0791418936 (acid-free paper)
• 0791418944 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

LCCN

^^^93031712^

OCLC

28723029

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library