Heroic Desire: Lesbian Identity and Cultural Space

by Sally R. Munt

Heroic Desire performs its title--bold, challenging, seductive, and compelling--a vital and exciting addition to the discourse on lesbian identities, their dissolves and perpetual becomings. Sure to incite and inspire."
—Lynda Hart, Author of Fatal Lesbian Sexuality and the Mark of Aggression
"Right on the edge of exciting and daring new writing on lesbian representation. Moving beyond post- modernism's rejection of identity politics, Munt draws on a wealth of scholarship and personal reflection to refigure the heroic narrative in the service of lesbian liberation strategies. A thoughtful and thought- provoking book."
—Esther Newton , State University of New York, Purchase
"In Heroic Desire Sally Munt revisits identity politics through the figure of the lesbian hero. The result is one of the most exciting works of lesbian theory to appear in years. Written in a strong and engaging personal voice, Heroic Desire will excite, provoke, enlighten, and entertain the reader with this original insights into questions of lesbian identity, culture, and community."
—Bonnie Zimmerman, San Diego State University

Genres: LGBT, Lesbian

192 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1997

About the author

Sally Rowena Munt, DPhil. is Professor and Director of the Sussex Centre for Cultural Studies. She has published widely on cultures of otherness and social justice, and is the author of Queer Attachments: The Cultural Politics of Shame (Ashgate 2007).

Reviews

[Stephen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Why am I such a big fan of this book? It's probably one of the only ones that does not focus on "shame" "violence" "death" and "suicide." It was an uplifting read, for once. It provides a space to think about something uplifting in a critically engaged way. I tend to think it's much harder to write on "positive" topics for fear that there's not enough drama to pull us through, but Munt reminds us that to be a "hero," means surviving major trials and tribulations! HAHA