Halberstam Female Masculinity

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-4780-0270-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 360 Seiten

In this twentieth anniversary edition of Female Masculinity—which features a new preface by the author—Jack Halberstam uncovers a hidden history of female masculinities, cataloging the diversity of gender expressions among masculine women from nineteenth-century pre-lesbian practices to contemporary drag king performances.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Halberstam, Jack

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies: Homosexualität, LGBTQ+

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Illustrations ix
Preface to the Twentieth Anniversary Edition xi
Preface xxiii
1. An Introduction to Female Masculinity: Masculinity without Men 1
2. Perverse Presentation: The Androgyne, the Tribade, the Female Husband, and Other Pre-Twentieth-Century Genders 45
3. "A Writer of Misfits": John Radclyffe Hall and the Discourse of Inversion 75
4. Lesbian Masculinity: Even Stone Butches Get the Blues 111
5. Transgender Butch: Butch/FTM Border Wars and the Masculine Continuum 141
6. Looking Butch: A Rough Guide to Butches on Film 175
7. Drag Kings: Masculinity and Performance 231
8. Raging Bull (Dyke): New Masculinities 267
Notes 279
Bibliography 307
Filmography 319
Index 323

Über Autor(innen)

Jack Halberstam is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and the author of several books, including The Queer Art of Failure and Skin Shows: Gothic Horror and the Technology of Monsters, both also published by Duke University Press.