{"product_id":"female-masculinity-paperback","title":"Female Masculinity - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJack Halberstam\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this quintessential work of queer theory, Jack Halberstam takes aim at the protected status of male masculinity and shows that female masculinity has offered a distinct alternative to it for well over two centuries. Demonstrating how female masculinity is not some bad imitation of virility, but a lively and dramatic staging of hybrid and minority genders, Halberstam catalogs the diversity of gender expressions among masculine women from nineteenth-century pre-lesbian practices to contemporary drag king performances. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough detailed textual readings as well as empirical research, Halberstam uncovers a hidden history of female masculinities while arguing for a more nuanced understanding of gender categories that would incorporate rather than pathologize them. He rereads Anne Lister's diaries and Radclyffe Hall's \u003ci\u003eThe Well of Loneliness\u003c\/i\u003e as foundational assertions of female masculine identity; considers the enigma of the stone butch and the politics surrounding butch\/femme roles within lesbian communities; and explores issues of transsexuality among \"transgender dykes\"-lesbians who pass as men-and female-to-male transsexuals who may find the label of \"lesbian\" a temporary refuge. Halberstam also tackles such topics as women and boxing, butches in Hollywood and independent cinema, and the phenomenon of male impersonators. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing a new preface by the author, this twentieth anniversary edition of \u003ci\u003eFemale Masculinity\u003c\/i\u003e remains as insightful, timely, and necessary as ever.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJack Halberstam is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Queer Art of Failure\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSkin Shows: Gothic Horror and the Technology of Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e, both also published by Duke University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.2 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 09, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42168591908999,"sku":"9781478001621","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/91d7e58f7f8f2640b22fc76cee608849.webp?v=1733336604","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/female-masculinity-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}