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 153
The father or the mother or the grandmother at day's end at the kitchen table,
weary, hand to head in familiar gesture. The girl in the kitchen door, head tilted
and hand raised in her own already habitual gesture. Each girl with her own
thoughts ...
The father or the mother or the grandmother at day's end at the kitchen table,
weary, hand to head in familiar gesture. The girl in the kitchen door, head tilted
and hand raised in her own already habitual gesture. Each girl with her own
thoughts ...
Page 158
She spreads the pages open on the kitchen table to show me a cartoon with
three parts: A "Black Face" of a goofy white man in a bow tie, ears sticking out, his
face blacked, his teeth white in a big grin. A "Girl Face" of someone with frizzed ...
She spreads the pages open on the kitchen table to show me a cartoon with
three parts: A "Black Face" of a goofy white man in a bow tie, ears sticking out, his
face blacked, his teeth white in a big grin. A "Girl Face" of someone with frizzed ...
Page 167
My son stands quietly in the kitchen, avoiding that place. His honey lays the
carving knife down beside the bird and goes back in the kitchen. I run upstairs to
the bathroom, wondering how they will solve this problem of authority, family,
who is ...
My son stands quietly in the kitchen, avoiding that place. His honey lays the
carving knife down beside the bird and goes back in the kitchen. I run upstairs to
the bathroom, wondering how they will solve this problem of authority, family,
who is ...
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User Review - ehough75 - LibraryThingAmazing. Loved every aspect of this book. She shows how her thoughts and process have developed and changed over the years with both conversaitons, debates, and encounters with the people she has met ... Read full review
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User Review - dancingwaves - LibraryThingAn amazing book of vignettes that explore the ideas and intersections of love, sexuality, gender, and identity. A beautiful love letter to her partner, Leslie Feinberg. Read full review
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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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