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 55
... touch my father ; he has a cigarette in one hand , the other hangs loosely . The absence of touch in our house . What did she want that she could never get from him , or give , a sensation that she never let herself imagine ? Whose ...
... touch my father ; he has a cigarette in one hand , the other hangs loosely . The absence of touch in our house . What did she want that she could never get from him , or give , a sensation that she never let herself imagine ? Whose ...
Page 134
... touch . ” I answered , “ I came from a house where I was never touched . My wound is the absence of touch . ” As we cried our bitter tears , the windows curtained with mist . No one on the outside could see us sitting close together ...
... touch . ” I answered , “ I came from a house where I was never touched . My wound is the absence of touch . ” As we cried our bitter tears , the windows curtained with mist . No one on the outside could see us sitting close together ...
Page 136
... touch . No feeling in them unless a lover used rough touch and teeth . Now you pull me to you as we enter the dance , walking through the cavernous hall like an old pavilion by the sea . You grip my waist between your hands and sway me ...
... touch . No feeling in them unless a lover used rough touch and teeth . Now you pull me to you as we enter the dance , walking through the cavernous hall like an old pavilion by the sea . You grip my waist between your hands and sway me ...
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