along these lines, Ladelle McWhorter's Racism & Sexual Oppression in Anglo-America is a very thoughtful examination of these questions. On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Cathy Hannabach <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Kim-- > > There is a lot of great of work on the violence of analogies in queer of > color critique and woman of color feminism (this is a key theme in both of > these fields). Analogy has been long critiqued for its failure to account > for the mutual constitution of categories and practices of difference. > Intersectionality, queer of color critique, and woman of color feminism > have all been theorized as offering precisely what the violence of analogy > erases. > > Some places to start: > > Rod Ferguson. *Aberrations in Black: Toward a Queer of Color Critique*. > Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2003. > > Jasbir Puar. *Terrorist Assemblages: Homonationalism in Queer Times*. > Durham: Duke University Press, 2007. > > Anjali Arondekar. "Border/Line Sex: Queer Postcolonialities, or How Race > Matters Outside the United States." *interventions* 7.2 (2005): 236-50. > > Siobhan Somerville. "Queer Loving." *GLQ* 11.3 (2005): 335-70. > > David Eng. *The Feeling of Kinship: Queer Liberalism and the > Racialization of Intimacy.* Durham: Duke University Press, 2010. > > > Hope this helps! > > Cathy > > Cathy Hannabach > Visiting Lecturer, Women's Studies > University of Pittsburgh > [log in to unmask] > > > > On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 7:41 PM, Kim Leighton <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > >> >> Hi All >> >> I'm wondering if anyone might be able to suggest a few resources for me >> on the ethics of analogies. I'm currently writing about how critics of >> gamete donation often make strong use of an analogy to adoption in order to >> draw out the moral issues they believe are salient. I'm critical of this >> analogy for a number of reasons that extend beyond the issue of aptness. >> Are there any good papers that consider how analogies (both in their making >> and in their uptake) can appropriate and/or misrecognize the experience of >> a group? I'm also struggling with what terminology to use to describe what >> I find un-ethical about this analogy's use in terms of both what it assumes >> or relies upon and what it seems to accomplish/establish through its use. >> I'm not sure what to call the kind of reinscription I see at the heart of >> the analogy and its use. >> >> Thanks in advance for any assistance! I know it's a horribly busy time >> of year, so ANY quick reference would be appreciated. You can reach me via >> my personal [log in to unmask] I'll happily post a list of >> references to the group should I be able to gather one. >> >> Warmest wishes, >> Kim >> >> -- >> Kimberly J. Leighton, PhD >> Assistant Professor >> Department of Philosophy and Religion >> American University >> 121 Battelle Tompkins >> 4400 Massachusetts Avenue >> Washington, DC 20016 >> ph 202-885-2415 >> fx 202-885-1094 >> ############################ >> >> To unsubscribe from the FEAST-L list: write to: mailto: >> [log in to unmask] or click the following >> link: https://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=FEAST-L&A=1 >> > > > > > ############################ > > To unsubscribe from the FEAST-L list: write to: mailto: > [log in to unmask] or click the following link: > https://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=FEAST-L&A=1 > -- *Naomi Scheman Professor of Philosophy and Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies, Affiliate faculty, Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change (ICGC) University of Minnesota Philosophy Department--271 19th Ave. S., Minneapolis MN 55455 **Guest researcher, Umeå Centre for Gender Studies, Umeå, Sweden [log in to unmask]* ############################ To unsubscribe from the FEAST-L list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: https://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=FEAST-L&A=1