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 30
I wish I were running away in a car with another woman, driving farther south into
the heat, sweating inside the translucent blue voile dress I wore the summer
before I married, the one that no longer fits me after two children. I might argue
with ...
I wish I were running away in a car with another woman, driving farther south into
the heat, sweating inside the translucent blue voile dress I wore the summer
before I married, the one that no longer fits me after two children. I might argue
with ...
Page 123
In the summer, in karate class, the instructor blindfolded me: a street-fighting
exercise, strike out as soon as touched in a dark alley. Seconds passed until his
arms hugged me like an iron hoop. Then my right foot kicked back quick into his
right ...
In the summer, in karate class, the instructor blindfolded me: a street-fighting
exercise, strike out as soon as touched in a dark alley. Seconds passed until his
arms hugged me like an iron hoop. Then my right foot kicked back quick into his
right ...
Page 126
Today, under my summer hat, I walk in the space I create around me. I move
down the street inside the wind of my skirt. I pass through hundreds and
hundreds of people, and then, at 34th Street, I see a young white woman
standing on the ...
Today, under my summer hat, I walk in the space I create around me. I move
down the street inside the wind of my skirt. I pass through hundreds and
hundreds of people, and then, at 34th Street, I see a young white woman
standing on the ...
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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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