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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She likes my touch , that ' s new for her , says butch and femme are about who
won ' t be touched and who likes to be touched . We don ' t talk about her fear of
touch as connected to her rape , about touch that is the fist of ownership . Nor her
...
She likes my touch , that ' s new for her , says butch and femme are about who
won ' t be touched and who likes to be touched . We don ' t talk about her fear of
touch as connected to her rape , about touch that is the fist of ownership . Nor her
...
Page 134
She said , “ I know what it means to be touched too much , to be a child in a
house where I could not save myself from touch . ” I answered , “ I came from a
house where I was never touched . My wound is the absence of touch . ” As we
cried ...
She said , “ I know what it means to be touched too much , to be a child in a
house where I could not save myself from touch . ” I answered , “ I came from a
house where I was never touched . My wound is the absence of touch . ” As we
cried ...
Page 136
You touched the tip of your tongue to one nipple and said , “ I ' m going to kiss
you lightly , lightly , until your breasts feel ... gone numb , armor of steel ,
breastplate over my heart , stomach , lungs , to save me from cutting looks , slash
of touch .
You touched the tip of your tongue to one nipple and said , “ I ' m going to kiss
you lightly , lightly , until your breasts feel ... gone numb , armor of steel ,
breastplate over my heart , stomach , lungs , to save me from cutting looks , slash
of touch .
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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 / LGBT Studies / Lesbian Studies |
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