Stone butch blues : a novel /
Jess Goldberg decides to come out as a butch in the bars and factories of the prefeminist '60s and then to pass as a man in order to survive when she is left without work or a community in the early '70s.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Ithaca, New York :
Firebrand Books,
[1993]
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| Summary: | Jess Goldberg decides to come out as a butch in the bars and factories of the prefeminist '60s and then to pass as a man in order to survive when she is left without work or a community in the early '70s. "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? Thats 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 1950s, 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."--Amazon description. |
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| Item Description: | One of the Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copies was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. One of the Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Arden Eversmeyer Collection. |
| Physical Description: | 301 pages ; 22 cm |
| Awards: | Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Book Award (American Library Association), 1994 Lambda Literary Award, 1993 |
| ISBN: | 1563410303 9781563410307 156341029X 9781563410291 9781555838539 1555838537 |