Lesbian ghosts feminism: an introduction

Our aim for this special issue was to explore the importance of rethinking feminist politics and feminist theory from a lesbian perspective. While lesbian politics and experiences have often been erased or euphemised in the history of feminism, we wanted instead to argue that this absence can be con...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inFeminist theory Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 351 - 360
Main Authors Eloit, Ilana, Hemmings, Clare
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.12.2019
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects
Feminism
Feminist theory
Lesbianism
Womens history
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:Our aim for this special issue was to explore the importance of rethinking feminist politics and feminist theory from a lesbian perspective. While lesbian politics and experiences have often been erased or euphemised in the history of feminism, we wanted instead to argue that this absence can be considered an instance of feminist 'haunting', which Avery Gordon has characterised as the 'something-to-be-done' (2008: xvi): an unresolved feminist contradiction which has not only impacted the way feminist theory is framed but also how feminist stories have been and are being told. Attending to the vaporous thereness of ghosts, we also wanted to follow Gail Lewis (2017) in her strategy for 'presencing' the untold stories and subjects obscured by dominant histories both within and outside feminism.
ISSN:1464-7001
1741-2773
DOI:10.1177/1464700119871219