Plural Desires: Writing Bisexual Women's Realities [Paperback]

Nancy Chater (Editor), Dionne Falconer (Editor), Sharon Lewis (Editor), Leanna McLennan (Editor), Susan Nosov (Editor), Leela Acharya (Editor), Bisexual Anthology Collective (Corporate Author)

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• Paperback: 299 pages
• Publisher: Sister Vision Pr (August 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0920813194
• ISBN-13: 978-0920813195
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,831,077 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book on Bisexuality in Canadian Context, March 19, 2001

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Margaret Robinson (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Plural Desires: Writing Bisexual Women's Realities (Paperback)

This book contains seventeen poems and nineteen articles. The articles are feminist, anti-racist, and exhibit a level of reflection uncommon for an anthology. There is very little "weak" material. The very best pieces are those which relate discussions between the authors, such as ""Purifying" the (Identi)Ghee: South Asian Feminist Gup-shup," "Towards a Feminist Bisexual Politic: A Discussion," and "A Conversation About The Arab Lesbian and Bisexual Network." Much of the focus within the articles is on the relations between bisexual women and the lesbian community. It is informative to see the way the authors connect their experience of being marginalized for their sexuality with similar experiences around gender, race, and class. Since this is published by Sister Vision Press most of the contributors are women of colour. This presents a wide range of bisexual women's experience, not only that of white academics. As an indication of the issues which are particularly important to bisexual identity within Canada this book is indispensible. On the negative side, the resources listed in the back are out of date, partly because the bisexual community in Canada is developing and changing rapidly.