Women and Bisexuality: A Global Perspective

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Author: Serena Anderlini-D'Onofrio

ISBN-10: 1560232714

ISBN-13: 9781560232711

Category: Bisexual women

Get a global perspective on bisexuality from a women's viewpoint!\ Women and Bisexuality: A Global Perspective reflects the growing contribution bisexuals, and especially bisexual women, make to queer culture on an international level. This unique book presents a collection of thoughtful essays, studies, and reviews that combine to help develop a language that reflects the reality of bisexuality from a feminine/feminist viewpoint. Authors map the inroads made by bisexual studies into...

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Anderlini-D'Onofrio (humanities, U. of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez) lauds the contributions of those often criticized as identity "cop outs" to the international discourse on female sexuality beyond the heterosexual/queer dichotomy. The ten diverse offerings include research papers, poems, and reviews of bi media. Published simultaneously as Journal of bisexuality, v.3, no.1, 2003. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

About the ContributorsWomen and Bisexuality: A Global Perspective: Introduction1What Should I Wear? A Qualitative Look at the Impact of Feminism and Women's Communities on Bisexual Women's Appearance9In Defense of Ambiguity: Understanding Bisexuality's Invisibility Through Cognitive Psychology23Reading Bisexualities from a South African Perspective33"Outside Belonging": Multi-Sexual Relationships as Border Existence53The Lie with the Ounce of Truth: Lillian Hellman's Bisexual Fantasies87Fucking Categories117The Other117Aimee & Jaguar119Lines of Flight: A Review of Identity Without Selfhood: Simone De Beauvoir and Bisexuality123Index133