ISBN:
081479372X
,
0814793711
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xvii, 279 p)
,
ill
,
21 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
The Cutting Edge: Lesbian Life and Literature Series
Parallel Title:
Print version Looking Like What You Are : Sexual Style, Race, and Lesbian Identity
DDC:
305.48/9664
Keywords:
Homosexuality
;
Lesbians Identity
;
Lesbianism
;
Lesbians - Identity
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Looks can be deceiving, and in a society where one's status and access to opportunity are largely attendant on physical appearance, the issue of how difference is constructed and interpreted, embraced or effaced, is of tremendous import. Lisa Walker examines this issue with a focus on the questions of what it means to look like a lesbian, and what it means to be a lesbian but not to look like one. She analyzes the historical production of the lesbian body as marked, and studies how lesbians have used the frequent analogy between racial difference and sexual orientation to craft, emphasize, or
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Preface; Introduction: In/visible Differences; 1. Martyred Butches and Impossible Femmes:Radclyffe Hall and the Modern Lesbian; 2. Debutante in Harlem: Blair Niles's Strange Brother; 3. Lesbian Pulp in Black and White; 4. Strategies of Identification in Three Narratives ofFemale Development; 5. How to Recognize a Lesbian: The Cultural Politicsof Looking Like What You Are; Epilogue; Notes; Works Cited; Index; About the Author
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-265) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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