S/HEMinnie Bruce Pratt expands the boundaries of gender and its theory in these sophisticated lyrical vignettes sited at the crossroads of feminist analysis, queer theory and transgender liberation. |
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Page 13
And the girl classmate who had gone from one woman lover to another until her
front door got broken down in the middle of the night. And the married Sunday
School teacher whose daughter, later married, had had an affair with a ...
And the girl classmate who had gone from one woman lover to another until her
front door got broken down in the middle of the night. And the married Sunday
School teacher whose daughter, later married, had had an affair with a ...
Page 89
Then later, in the city, I met proper Black ladies walking home, gloved and hatted,
from church. Their profiles, lips pursed, were exactly those of my aunts. And even
later I learned how the laws of race and property had been laid over ...
Then later, in the city, I met proper Black ladies walking home, gloved and hatted,
from church. Their profiles, lips pursed, were exactly those of my aunts. And even
later I learned how the laws of race and property had been laid over ...
Page 105
When I gasp a little as you touch my left nipple, you do stop. And start counting
out loud: "One- Mississippi, two-Mississippi...." I snort with laughter, and so do
you, but you continue counting, and when a little later I groan again, you stop
again, ...
When I gasp a little as you touch my left nipple, you do stop. And start counting
out loud: "One- Mississippi, two-Mississippi...." I snort with laughter, and so do
you, but you continue counting, and when a little later I groan again, you stop
again, ...
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| Title | S/HE |
| Author | Minnie Bruce Pratt |
| Publisher | Firebrand Books, 1995 |
| ISBN | 1563410605, 9781563410604 |
| Length | 189 pages |
| Subjects | › Biography & Autobiography / General Social Science / Lesbian Studies |
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