Female masculinity"Thank goodness for the dashing Judith Halberstam! Her new book is a smart, entertaining and informed tour of that most threatening of cultural identities: the masculine female. Oh, yum!"--Kate Bornstein, author of "My Gender Workbook" ""Female Masculinity" is a very important work that scholars in cultural studies will be talking about for years. Nothing like it exists, period."--Esther Newton, author of "Cherry Grove, Fire Island" |
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Page 93
Colonel Barker, I would argue, cannot be slotted neatly into the history of
lesbians in the twentieth century, and indeed the coincidence of John's trial and
Colonel Barker's trial argues ever more strongly for the consideration of a far
more finely ...
Colonel Barker, I would argue, cannot be slotted neatly into the history of
lesbians in the twentieth century, and indeed the coincidence of John's trial and
Colonel Barker's trial argues ever more strongly for the consideration of a far
more finely ...
Page 111
Indeed, one could argue that the role of stone butch has far more transhistorical
consistency than the sexual identity we call "lesbian." However, according to the
model of perverse presentism I have developed so far, we should be wary of ...
Indeed, one could argue that the role of stone butch has far more transhistorical
consistency than the sexual identity we call "lesbian." However, according to the
model of perverse presentism I have developed so far, we should be wary of ...
Page 129
For lesbian feminists who argue against butch- femme role playing, and for
others who argue for the commonsense rejection of only being a giver or a taker,
the stone butch becomes an example of the pitfalls of rigidity of categories. The
stone ...
For lesbian feminists who argue against butch- femme role playing, and for
others who argue for the commonsense rejection of only being a giver or a taker,
the stone butch becomes an example of the pitfalls of rigidity of categories. The
stone ...
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Female masculinity
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Contents
The Androgyne the Tribade the Female | 45 |
John Radclyffe Hall and the Discourse | 75 |
Even Stone Butches Get the Blues m | 111 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Female masculinity |
| Author | Judith Halberstam |
| Edition | 5, illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Duke University Press, 1998 |
| Length | 329 pages |
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