S/HE"In these lyrical vignettes, Pratt expands the boundaries of gender and its theory. She explores the inconsistencies, the infinities, the fluidity of sex and gender, and asks intriguing questions: How many ways are there to be girl, boy, man, woman? Is there a connection between feminine, masculine, lesbian, heterosexual, between desire and liberation? How many ways can the body's sex vary---by chromosomes, hormones, genitals? How many ways can our gender expressions multiply---between home and work, at the computer and when we kiss someone, in our dreams and when we walk down the street? What is our dream of who we want to be? Pratt's stories are part of new theory appearing at the intersections---of the feminism of U.S. women's liberation, the writings of women of color in the U.S. and internationally, the queer ideas of lesbian and gay liberation, and the emerging thought of transgender liberation. S/HE helps move these ideas into action by giving us theory that has flesh and breath, that exists in all of our eccentric, complicated, daily lives."--BOOK JACKET. |
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Page 27
... close the Women's Caucus social events to men . One of them says to me , “ My husband will feel funny , ” and I say , " No offense to him , but women often go places without their husbands . " I don't know how to articulate to her what ...
... close the Women's Caucus social events to men . One of them says to me , “ My husband will feel funny , ” and I say , " No offense to him , but women often go places without their husbands . " I don't know how to articulate to her what ...
Page 94
... Close your eyes , " and then you begin to read : " Once there was a little girl named Daisy .... " You've found my favorite book from when I was little . The girl is given a steamroller that she drives around her town , and flattens ...
... Close your eyes , " and then you begin to read : " Once there was a little girl named Daisy .... " You've found my favorite book from when I was little . The girl is given a steamroller that she drives around her town , and flattens ...
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... close together . Years later , in this crowded room , I have another answer for her : De- sire is like a poem . The knife can mean death and life , but whose hand holds it ? The rose can mean petals and canker in the bud , but whose ...
... close together . Years later , in this crowded room , I have another answer for her : De- sire is like a poem . The knife can mean death and life , but whose hand holds it ? The rose can mean petals and canker in the bud , but whose ...
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