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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... African - American woman eating sushi at the next table may be a woman lovely in her bones , gestures , tone of voice , but this does not mean that her genitals are female . If the hand- some Filipino man in the upstairs apartment is ...
... African - American woman eating sushi at the next table may be a woman lovely in her bones , gestures , tone of voice , but this does not mean that her genitals are female . If the hand- some Filipino man in the upstairs apartment is ...
Page 157
... African - American woman looks at your stone butch and denim femme , then politely asks , without missing a beat , “ La- dies , do you need a ride after you finish ? " When we check out , the white cashier calls you " Sir . " In the ...
... African - American woman looks at your stone butch and denim femme , then politely asks , without missing a beat , “ La- dies , do you need a ride after you finish ? " When we check out , the white cashier calls you " Sir . " In the ...
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... African - American women , strip - searched and held with their children for hours . As we drove up to the guard , I took off my sunglasses and smiled engagingly . You casually rested your wedding- ring hand on the window's edge . We ...
... African - American women , strip - searched and held with their children for hours . As we drove up to the guard , I took off my sunglasses and smiled engagingly . You casually rested your wedding- ring hand on the window's edge . We ...
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