My butch career : a memoir / Esther Newton.
My butch career : a memoir / Esther Newton.
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Publisher
Durham : Duke University Press, 2018.
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G 2019/0099
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
A hard left fist -- A writer's inheritance -- Manhattan tomboy -- California trauma -- Baby butch -- Anthropology of the closet -- Lesbian feminist New York -- The island of women -- In-between dyke -- Paris France -- Butch revisited.
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Publisher
Durham : Duke University Press, 2018.
Place of Publication
North Carolina
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
During her difficult childhood, Esther Newton recalls that she "became an anti-girl, a girl refusenik, caught between genders," and that her "child body was a strong and capable instrument stuffed into the word 'girl.'" Later, in early adulthood, as she was on her way to becoming a trail-blazing figure in gay and lesbian studies, she "had already c...
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My butch career : a memoir / Esther Newton.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2018
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G 2019/0099
Record Identifier
74VKVjOXk4a3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVjOXk4a3
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ISBN
1478001291 hardcover ; alkaline paper
9781478001294 hardcover ; alkaline paper
DDC
306.7663092 B
MMS ID
991024210060602626
