Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 13:11:54 -0400
From: david fryer <dogen-AT-Brown.edu>
Subject: Re: Re:Essentialism and Politics



>> Could we complicate this a little? Luce Irigaray has always been very
>> circumspect about divulging her circumstances and biography, and I'd be a
>> little wary of applying class and sexual preference labels to someone who
>> has not self-identified in a particular way.
>
>You're right, of course. I was out of line in applying assumptions that
>would have been more appropriate in the US--although still not entirely
>so--about the class status of professional theorists or academics. And I
>was thinking the other day that I'd never seen anything from LI that
>claimed a particular sexual preference; I think I felt safe in assuming
>her heterosexuality on the grounds of her lyrical--even
>rhapsodic--writings about the heterosexual couple.
>
>In any case, you're right to call me on this, Hilary. Mea culpa.



i hate to verify biography at the risk of identity politicking, but LI
identifies (i am told
by former students) as bisexual ... just fyi




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