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Read My Lips: Sexual Subversion and the End of Gender

by Riki Wilchins

Synopses & Reviews

Synopsis:

Riki Anne Wilchins has written the book that may take the discussion of gender over the top. Read My Lips: Sexual Subversion and the tend of Gender, a frontal assault on both the status quo in academic studies and the full spectrum of single-issue identity politics, will change the way you think about bodies, sex, and gender. Yours and everyone else's.

Combining the theoretical breakthroughs of Judith Butler's Gender Trouble and the performance revelations of Kate Bornstein's Gender Outlaw, Wilchins — cofounder of the Transsexual Menace — moves the dialogue to a new level. In a voice that is by turns outraged, outrageous, sad, and hilarious, the author weaves theory and personal experience into a compelling story of self-discovery. She redefines what it means to be "gendered", both by the way she lives and the accessible theoretical narrative she constructs.

Read My Lips, with its unique mix of theory and application, anecdote and affront, will appeal to feminists, queer academics, activists, transpeople, "the-queer-on-the-street", and the increasing audience of mainstream readers hungry for writing that pushes the absolute edge of the gender envelope.

OUT Magazine says that the author "has surfaced as the Superhero of this burgeoning (transgender) movement". Wilchins, herself, signs off on her email as follows: "Just your average straight white guy with a cunt who really digs lezzie chicks like me". Rarely have smarts and chutzpah produced such good effect.

Product Details

ISBN:
9781563410901
Subtitle:
Sexual Subversion and the End of Gender
Author:
Wilchins, Riki Anne
Author:
Wilchins, Riki Anne
Publisher:
Firebrand Books
Location:
Ithaca, N.Y. :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Biography
Subject:
Lesbians
Subject:
Gender Studies
Subject:
Transsexuals
Subject:
Wilchins, Riki Anne
Subject:
Lesbians -- United States -- Biography.
Edition Description:
Includes bibliographical references.
Series Volume:
55C
Publication Date:
June 2005
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
234
Dimensions:
8.53x5.53x.54 in. .64 lbs.

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