Finger-Licking Good: The Ins and Out of Lesbian Sex (Sexual Politics) - Hardcover

Wilton, Tamsin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0304332577 ISBN 13: 9780304332571

Publisher: Cassell, 1996

Synopsis

This controversial book is primarily an exploration of political struggles around lesbian sex within lesbian communities, which sets out to expose the profoundly damaging influence of the lesbian sex 'police', and to argue for unity between feminists and queers who share a political commitment to transform the institution of gender itself.
Queer feminist Tamsin Wilton has written this book as an act of resistance, 'tomcatting around the field of sex, marking out the territory for the dykes'. Bringing a forthright and fresh perspective to debates around lesbian sado-masochism, butch-femme, dildos, lesbian porn and the lesbian sex prefects, she draws some interesting conclusions.

About this title

Synopsis

This study of lesbianism provides perspectives on debates about sadomaschism, dildos, lesbian pornography, lesbian sex-prefects and butch-femme. The author identifies the political forces at work in lesbian sex, and aims to rescue it from its beleaguered position as a contested site in both heterosexual and lesbian/homosexual discourse. The book argues for unity between feminists and homosexuals, since both share a political commitment. It launches an attack on branches of radical feminism which have attempted to eradicate lesbian sex from lesbian identity.

About the Author

Tamsin Wilton lectures in Health and Social Policy at the University of the West of England.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cassell
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0304332577
• ISBN 13: 9780304332571
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English