Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 21:02:13 -0400 (EDT) From: "Eugene W. Holland" <holland.1-AT-osu.edu> Subject: Re: no heterosexuality? At 12:03 AM 6/25/98 -0400, Unleesh wrote: >I was reading a passage where Guattari says there is only homosexuality, no >heterosexuality. This is somehow connected to Levi-Strauss's theory of >marriage arrangement, etc. >Could someone please explain this to me? > I don't know the context in which Guattari said this, but I believe D&G say something similar in A-O about homosexuality and L-S's exchange theory: that (heterosexual) marriage is not an end, but a means of exchanging women in order to cement homosocial (homosexual) bonds between clans and their (male) leaders. [They don't seem to distinguish, as I just have, between homosexuality and homosociality.] Can anyone else corroborate? Gene Holland
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