Female Masculinity by Jack Halberstam
Takes aim at the protected status of male masculinity and shows that female masculinity has offered a distinct alternative to it for well over two hundred years. This book uncovers a hidden history of female masculinities while arguing for a an understanding of gender categories that would incorporate rather than pathologise them.
“Female Masculinity is a very important work that scholars in cultural studies will be talking about for yearsNothing like it exists, period.”—Esther Newton, author of Cherry Grove, Fire Island
“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
“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
Judith Halberstam is Professor of Literature at the University of California in San Diego. She is the author of Skin Shows: Gothic Horror and the Technology of Monsters, also published by Duke University Press, and writes a regular film review column for Girlfriends magazine.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780822322436 |
| ISBN 10 | 0822322439 |
| Title | Female Masculinity |
| Author | Jack Halberstam |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Duke University Press |
| Year published | 1998-10-26 |
| Number of pages | 360 |
| Prizes | Winner of Triangle Awards (Lesbian Nonfiction) 1999, Short-listed for Lambda Literary Awards (Lesbian Studies) 1998, Short-listed for Lambda Literary Awards (Transgender) 1998 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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