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Sissy! : the effeminate paradox in postwar US literature and culture
- Title
- Sissy! : the effeminate paradox in postwar US literature and culture / Harry Thomas Jr.
- Author
- Thomas, Harry, Jr., 1977-
- Publication
- Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2017]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 17-9267 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xiv, 240 pages; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-231) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Saying "Oh yeah!" to sissies: fascinating effeminacy defined -- The sympathetic sissy: Carson McCullers, Truman Capote, and fascinating effeminacy in postwar US literature -- The straight-acting gay man versus the truth-telling queen: Gore Vidal, James Baldwin, and gay men's debates about effeminacy -- "I [heart] boys who sparkle": straight female fandom and fascinating effeminacy -- Amplifying the paradox: effeminacy in the age of HIV/AIDS -- "The sissy triumphant": fascinating effeminacy goes mainstream -- Conclusion: "Our makeup is terrible, but I love you anyway": why fascinating effeminacy matters in the twenty-first century.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-9267
- ISBN
- 9780817319632
- 0817319638
- LCCN
- 2017004472
- OCLC
- 993637726
- Author
- Thomas, Harry, Jr., 1977- author.
- Title
- Sissy! : the effeminate paradox in postwar US literature and culture / Harry Thomas Jr.
- Publisher
- Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2017]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-231) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-9267