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 21
It is no accident, then, that travel hubs become zones of intense scrutiny and
observation. But gender policing within airport bathrooms is merely an intensified
version of a larger "bathroom problem." For some gender- ambiguous women, it
is ...
It is no accident, then, that travel hubs become zones of intense scrutiny and
observation. But gender policing within airport bathrooms is merely an intensified
version of a larger "bathroom problem." For some gender- ambiguous women, it
is ...
Page 40
The boundary between transsexuals and hutches becomes important as we try to
delineate the differences between being butch and becoming male, becoming
transsexual and becoming male; at stake in this discussion is the project of ...
The boundary between transsexuals and hutches becomes important as we try to
delineate the differences between being butch and becoming male, becoming
transsexual and becoming male; at stake in this discussion is the project of ...
Page 220
The book evokes beautifully a geography of desire in which the desert becomes
a space that gives the impression of interminable sameness but, on closer
inspection, reveals difference and variation at every level. In the film Desert
Hearts ...
The book evokes beautifully a geography of desire in which the desert becomes
a space that gives the impression of interminable sameness but, on closer
inspection, reveals difference and variation at every level. In the film Desert
Hearts ...
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Female masculinity
User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictHalberstam (literature, Univ. of California, San Diego; Skin Shows: Gothic Horror and the Technology of Monsters, Duke Univ., 1995) presents a unique offering in queer studies: a study of the ... Read full review
Female masculinity
User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictHalberstam (literature, Univ. of California, San Diego; Skin Shows: Gothic Horror and the Technology of Monsters, Duke Univ., 1995) presents a unique offering in queer studies: a study of the ... Read full review
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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