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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Stone Butch Bluesby Leslie Feinberg
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Published in 1993, this brave, original novel is considered to be the finest account ever written of the complexities of a transgendered existence. Woman or man? That's the question that rages like a storm around Jess Goldberg, clouding her life and her identity. Growing up differently gendered in a blue--collar town in the 1950's, coming out as a butch in the bars and factories of the prefeminist '60s, deciding to pass as a man in order to survive when she is left without work or a community in the early '70s. This powerful, provocative and deeply moving novel sees Jess coming full circle, she learns to accept the complexities of being a transgendered person in a world demanding simple explanations: a he-she emerging whole, weathering the turbulence. Leslie Feinberg is also the author of Trans Liberation, Trans Gender Warriors and Transgender Liberation, and is a noted activist and speaker on transgender issues. Review:"[Feinberg is] a historian, an activist, a relentless bridge-builder. The one whose 1993 novel, Stone Butch Blues, gave the word transgender legs."--Village Voice Review:"The most galvanizing book I've encountered about the alchemical transformations among pride, shame, and defiance."--Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, author of Touching, Feeling: Affect Pedagogy, Performativity Review:"Stone Butch Bluesis the queer great American novel--it will be read, loved, studied, and denounced for a long, long time."--Holly Hughes performance artist and author of Clit Notes: A Sapphic Sampler. Synopsis:Winner of the American Library Association Gay &Lesbian Book Award and the Lambda Literary Award. Woman or man? This internationally acclaimed novel looks at the world through the eyes of Jess Goldberg, a masculine girl growing up in the "Ozzie-and-Harriet" McCarthyite era and coming out as a young butch lesbian into the pre-Stonewall gay drag bars of a blue-collar town. Stone Butch Blues traces a propulsive journey, powerfully evoking history and politics while portraying an extraordinary protagonist full of longing, vulnerability, and working-class grit. This once-underground classic takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride of gender transformation and exploration and, ultimately speaks to the heart of anyone who has ever suffered or gloried in being different. Synopsis:This compelling first novel follows the sexual travails of lesbian Jess Goldberg in a fine account of coming to terms with the complexities of a transgendered existence. About the AuthorLeslie Feinberg is also the author of Trans Liberation, Trans Gender Warriors, and Transgender Liberation, and is a noted activist and speaker on transgender issues. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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