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LEADER: 02127cam a22003017a 4500
001 2006022178
003 DLC
005 20070530153455.0
008 060705s2007 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2006022178
020 $a0374190046 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a9780374190040 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm70265595
035 $a(OCoLC)70265595
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBAKER$dBTCTA$dC#P$dYDXCP$dIXA$dBUR$dDLC
050 00 $aHQ74$b.B38 2007
100 1 $aBaumgardner, Jennifer,$d1970-
245 10 $aLook both ways :$bbisexual politics /$cJennifer Baumgardner.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,$c2007.
300 $a244 p. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [229]-231) and index.
520 $aFor author and activist Baumgardner, bisexuality has always been more than the "sexual non-preference of the '90s." Here she takes a close look at gay and bisexual people on the national cultural stage and the issues their growing visibility raises. In a society supposedly grown more open and accepting, what can it mean that bisexuality continues to be marginalized by both gay and straight cultures, and dismissed either as a phase or, worse, a cop-out? Baumgardner discusses her own experience as a bisexual, and the struggle she's undergone to reconcile the privilege of a woman who is perceived as straight, and the empowerment and satisfaction she's derived from her relationships with women. Her book is a study in bisexual lives lived secretly and openly, and an exploration of the lessons learned by writers, artists, and activists who have refused the either/or paradigm defended by both gay and straight communities.--From publisher description.
650 0 $aBisexual women.
650 0 $aBisexual feminism.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0616/2006022178.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0665/2006022178-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0665/2006022178-d.html