ABSTRACT
The challenge becomes one of finding ways to theorise connections between different forms of oppression, and to represent experiences of those who, like Aboriginal women and women from non-English speaking backgrounds, are subject to both racism and sexism simultaneously. Black sexuality and sexism cannot be analysed in terms of gender relations within black communities alone or even, perhaps, primarily. Analysing racism and sexism means recognising that the sexual politics of communities cannot be separated from sexual politics in the wider society. While women’s studies courses are usually taught by and use materials largely written by women, Aboriginal studies, multicultural studies and the sociology of race relations remain largely in ‘white’ hands. And sociology, including the business of constructing and filling social categories, can also be Active or imaginative. The ‘culture’ attached to them is not a fixed, apolitical tradition but rather a terrain of politics in which sexual politics, including the roles, status and representation of women, is central.
