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 43
The way my lover wakes up screaming from a nightmare, as a man opens his
knife again to rape her. I did not tell the audience that my lover, and the woman
who painted the pictures, and I who organized the conference, went to town one
...
The way my lover wakes up screaming from a nightmare, as a man opens his
knife again to rape her. I did not tell the audience that my lover, and the woman
who painted the pictures, and I who organized the conference, went to town one
...
Page 66
off in my own direction halfway through every dance with a lover, my attention
and my confidence failing. I reply, dubiously, hopefully, "I have so much trouble
following — perhaps I haven't had a skillful enough partner?" When you come to
visit ...
off in my own direction halfway through every dance with a lover, my attention
and my confidence failing. I reply, dubiously, hopefully, "I have so much trouble
following — perhaps I haven't had a skillful enough partner?" When you come to
visit ...
Page 148
Too many memories of harassment when I was afraid and didn't know what to do.
I'm ashamed that I wanted to run. But I'm also still ashamed of the time I shouted
instead, playing basketball with a butch lover on a Sunday morning. The white ...
Too many memories of harassment when I was afraid and didn't know what to do.
I'm ashamed that I wanted to run. But I'm also still ashamed of the time I shouted
instead, playing basketball with a butch lover on a Sunday morning. The white ...
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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 / Feminism & Feminist Theory Social Science / Gender Studies Social Science / General Social Science / Lesbian Studies |
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