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Ending at the Skin: Sexuality and Race in Feminist Theorizing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2020

Abby Wilkerson
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Abstract

Many feminists have found inspiration in Donna Haraway's myth of the cyborg (1990). From the standpoint of feminist bisexual identity, however, I contend that this myth evades the very issues of race and sexuality which it seems to be addressing. I examine the uses of a bisexual standpoint for a more concrete, situated approach to theorizing sexuality, arguing that reflection on racial identities must be incorporated as well.

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Third Frequencies
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Hypatia , Volume 12 , Issue 3: Special Issue: Third Wave Feminisms , Summer 1997 , pp. 164 - 173
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Copyright © 1997 by Hypatia, Inc.

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