TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Violence and identity politics: 1970s lesbian-feminist discourse and Robin Morgan's 1973 West Coast Lesbian Conference keynote address
JO  - Communication and critical-cultural studies
A1  - Samek, Alyssa A.
SP  - 232
EP  - 249
VL  - 13
IS  - 3
N2  - This essay examines 1970s lesbian-feminist identity rhetorics to interrogate the exclusionary logics of visibility and gender normativity. Lesbian-feminists used such logics to exclude women living "in the closet," performing gender in nonnormative ways, or avowing a transgender identity. Those struggles form a dynamic context to situate and critically analyze Robin Morgan's keynote address at the 1973 West Coast Lesbian Conference, "Lesbianism and Feminism: Synonyms or Contradictions?" Though Morgan's address exemplifies rhetorical violence of identity politics and transphobia within lesbian-feminist communities, I explore its radically queer possibilities to shed fresh light on persistent struggles that shape contemporary queer politics.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1479-1420
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14791420.2015.1127400
ID  - ref1
ER  -