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Identity Poetics: Race, Class, and the Lesbian-Feminist Roots of Queer Theory
Paper, 304 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-11033-4
$27.00
/ £18.50
October, 2001
Cloth, 304 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-11032-7
$83.50
/ £57.50
"A provocative and sophisticated book that challenges the presumed opposition between lesbian feminism and queer theory and rethinks orthodox notions about identity politics." — Bonnie ZimmermanSan Diego State University
"Identitiy Poetics is a thoughtful, provocative, and engaging book. Careful to aknowledge the ideas of others, Garber sets a wonderful tone for her arguements, one of allied scholarship rather than academic crossfire." — Gay and Lesbian Review
"Garber’s readings of Parker, Grahn, Rich, Lorde and Anzaldúa are simply breathtaking—they demand as much of the poets as they do of the critics. With intelligence, humor, genius, and respect for an archive that has captivated and vexed us all, Identity Poetics forces scholars in the field to think long and hard before they attempt to theorize or historicize anything; it will remind them of what they’ve forgotten. Garber dares to believe that different generations of feminists still have something to say to one another. After reading this book, our use of words like 'lesbian'and 'feminist'will be forever changed." — Sharon P. Holland, author of Raising the Dead: Readings of Death and (Black) Subjectivity