%0 Book %A Garber, Linda. %I Columbia University Press %D 2001 %C New York %G English %B Between men--between women. %@ 0231110324 %@ 9780231110327 %@ 0231110332 %@ 9780231110334 %T Identity poetics : race, class, and the lesbian-feminist roots of queer theory %X In seeking to bridge what is often a generation gap between lesbian feminists on the essentialist/existential side of the schism and postmodern queer theorists favoring the social construction of lesbian identity, Graber (social sciences, California State U., Fresno) critically overviews the writing of influential poet-activist- theorists Judy Grahn, Pat Parker, Audre Lorde, Adrienne Rich, and Gloria Anzaldúa. A major concern is de-marginalizing working- class/lesbians of color in this debate. The final chapter traces the rise of queer theory circa 1991.