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
There was the gay man who opened his door one night to find an envelope on
his doorstep stuffed with photographs of a married male acquaintance, and a
pleading invitation. We told stories about taking the compulsory heterosexual
quiz in ...
There was the gay man who opened his door one night to find an envelope on
his doorstep stuffed with photographs of a married male acquaintance, and a
pleading invitation. We told stories about taking the compulsory heterosexual
quiz in ...
Page 45
CORNFIELD On this night of the full moon I've come with my old friend to
celebrate my getting older, my birthday. We've had supper at the Southern Grill, a
diner at a crossroads that has nothing else but a gas station. The restaurant's
slogan is ...
CORNFIELD On this night of the full moon I've come with my old friend to
celebrate my getting older, my birthday. We've had supper at the Southern Grill, a
diner at a crossroads that has nothing else but a gas station. The restaurant's
slogan is ...
Page 52
She doesn't elaborate, but I know she is thinking about me, how she drove me
home one night from dinner, and kept her right hand on me while she steered
and shifted with her left. I held her hand in mine, blissful to be handled after years
of ...
She doesn't elaborate, but I know she is thinking about me, how she drove me
home one night from dinner, and kept her right hand on me while she steered
and shifted with her left. I held her hand in mine, blissful to be handled after years
of ...
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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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