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 71
After we said good-bye, I saw you walk by and look at me out of the corner of your
eye, a wild startled look, like that of an untamed horse. I wanted to take you by the
hand and lead you to me: Drink at my body, say you can't stop kissing me.
After we said good-bye, I saw you walk by and look at me out of the corner of your
eye, a wild startled look, like that of an untamed horse. I wanted to take you by the
hand and lead you to me: Drink at my body, say you can't stop kissing me.
Page 126
Walking fast up Broadway in noon heat, on my way to meet you in the City, I'm
enjoying the cool swish of my skirt, the small oval of shade cast by my straw hat. I'
ve missed my body's sensuality I dared not show, afraid to be seen as too much
of ...
Walking fast up Broadway in noon heat, on my way to meet you in the City, I'm
enjoying the cool swish of my skirt, the small oval of shade cast by my straw hat. I'
ve missed my body's sensuality I dared not show, afraid to be seen as too much
of ...
Page 136
under my T-shirt as I walked, so that men glanced, contemptuous, obsessed, at
them gliding and floating, jiggling. The man who commanded as he strode past
me on the street, "Get a bra, baby." Despising my breasts. When you first met me,
...
under my T-shirt as I walked, so that men glanced, contemptuous, obsessed, at
them gliding and floating, jiggling. The man who commanded as he strode past
me on the street, "Get a bra, baby." Despising my breasts. When you first met me,
...
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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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