Lesbian Feminist Killjoys
Sin, Queer Negativity, and Inherited Guilt
$107.78
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
3 November 2026
Summary
How lesbian feminist theories of sex illuminate public anxieties about sin, guilt, and innocence
Stereotyped as manhating, puritanical killjoys, lesbian feminists have drawn almost as much contempt as the conservative Christian movements to which they are compared. Rather than dismissing this negativity, Lesbian Feminist Killjoys embraces it. The book proposes that the negativity of an earlier era sheds light on irresolvable complicities that shape queer and …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781479839377 |
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| ISBN-10: | 147983937X |
| Author: | Wendy Mallette |
| Publisher: | New York University Press |
| Imprint: | New York University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 3 November 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
| Series: | Hauntings: Queer/Trans Studies in Religion |
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Critics Review
“Wendy Mallette usefully says out loud many of the quiet parts of messy feminist conversations filled with bad objects, wounded attachments, cross purposes, and conflicting agendas, within internally contradictory movements and divided communities, in this important contribution to studies of queer religion and the ‘new lesbian history.’”–Susan Stryker, author of Changing Gender
About The Author
Wendy Mallette
Wendy Mallette is Assistant Professor of Contemporary American Christianities in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Oklahoma.
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