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 60
I complete the ritual of washing with not much soap a little bit of skin with the rest
covered by sheet, then rinse, pat dry, then another leaf of skin revealed, then the
painful lifting and heaving to get to her back, to change her diaper, the special ...
I complete the ritual of washing with not much soap a little bit of skin with the rest
covered by sheet, then rinse, pat dry, then another leaf of skin revealed, then the
painful lifting and heaving to get to her back, to change her diaper, the special ...
Page 69
Your starched shirt rasps my skin, friction of thin cotton. Your breath quickens as
you bend to bear me away. Your left arm curves across my shoulder and throat.
My face flushes, almost a hot flash, the shadow of an old blush. I let myself lean ...
Your starched shirt rasps my skin, friction of thin cotton. Your breath quickens as
you bend to bear me away. Your left arm curves across my shoulder and throat.
My face flushes, almost a hot flash, the shadow of an old blush. I let myself lean ...
Page 108
My skin sour with the smell of fermented apples, my alcoholic sweat. Years until I
emerged from that haze, like a heat mirage shimmering up from highway asphalt,
as if I stood in the middle of a road, waiting for something to hit me. Years, and ...
My skin sour with the smell of fermented apples, my alcoholic sweat. Years until I
emerged from that haze, like a heat mirage shimmering up from highway asphalt,
as if I stood in the middle of a road, waiting for something to hit me. Years, and ...
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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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